Add support for jemalloc #6
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jemalloc handles threaded allocations better than the default glibc's ptmalloc2, but it's less relevant for Pike. Smaller memory fragmentation is more tangible.
You need jemalloc library available on your OS to be able to compile Pike with jemalloc. Build it with
make CONFIGUREARGS="--enable-jemalloc".The only externally visible change is in
_memory_usage()function which depends on malloc's implementation-specific details. glibc's malloc providesstruct mallinfo mallinfo(), while jemalloc providesint mallctl(const char *name, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp, size_t newlen);wherenameargument starts with"stats."(seeman jemalloc).