SynFPCCMemAligned.pas

/// implements a Linux FPC heap manager that uses external glibc, Intel TBB or
// jemalloc libraries, with no overhead
// - define -dFPC_SYNCMEM (for glibc), -dFPC_SYNTBB (after "apt-get install libtbb2")
// or -dFPC_SYNJEMALLOC (after "apt-get install libjemalloc1")
// - with Linux glibc, alignment is 2*SizeOf(pointer) i.e. 16 bytes under x86_64
// - this unit is a part of the freeware Synopse mORMot framework,
// licensed under a MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license; version 1.18
unit SynFPCCMemAligned;

{
    This file is part of Synopse mORMot framework.

    Synopse mORMot framework. Copyright (C) 2021 Arnaud Bouchez
      Synopse Informatique - https://synopse.info

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(*
  Usage:
    - for glibc (preferred), define -dFPC_NO_DEFAULT_MEMORYMANAGER -dFPC_SYNCMEM
    - for Intel TBB, define -dFPC_SYNTBB - after "apt-get install libtbb2"
    - for jemalloc, define -dFPC_SYNJEMALLOC - after "apt-get install libjemalloc1"

    - and ensure your dpr/lpr start with:
    uses
       {$I SynDprUses.inc} // includes this unit
       SynCommons, ....
    or at least this SynFPCCMemAligned unit is the very first in the uses list

  Some raw numbers, from TestSQL3 string allocation tests (single threaded):
    - FPC default heap
     500000 interning 8 KB in 77.34ms i.e. 6,464,959/s, aver. 0us, 98.6 MB/s
     500000 direct 7.6 MB in 100.73ms i.e. 4,963,518/s, aver. 0us, 75.7 MB/s
    - glibc 2.23
     500000 interning 8 KB in 76.06ms i.e. 6,573,152/s, aver. 0us, 100.2 MB/s
     500000 direct 7.6 MB in 36.64ms i.e. 13,645,915/s, aver. 0us, 208.2 MB/s
    - jemalloc 3.6
     500000 interning 8 KB in 78.60ms i.e. 6,361,323/s, aver. 0us, 97 MB/s
     500000 direct 7.6 MB in 58.08ms i.e. 8,608,667/s, aver. 0us, 131.3 MB/s
    - Intel TBB 4.4
     500000 interning 8 KB in 61.96ms i.e. 8,068,810/s, aver. 0us, 123.1 MB/s
     500000 direct 7.6 MB in 36.46ms i.e. 13,711,402/s, aver. 0us, 209.2 MB/s
    for multi-threaded process, we observed best scaling with TBB on this system
    BUT memory consumption raised to 60 more space (gblic=2.6GB vs TBB=170GB)!
    -> so for serious server work, glibc (FPC_SYNCMEM) sounds the best candidate

*)

interface

{$I Synopse.inc} // set proper flags, and define LINUX for BSD and ANDROID

{$ifndef FPC}
  THIS UNIT IS FOR FPC ONLY !
{$endif FPC}

{$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM}
  {$ifndef LINUXNOTBSD}
    THIS UNIT IS FOR FPC/LINUX ONLY !
     - requires malloc_usable_size() -> use regular cmem unit instead
  {$endif LINUXNOTBSD}
{$endif FPC_SYNCMEM}


implementation

{$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM}

// low-level direct calls to the external glibc library

function malloc(size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl; external 'c' name 'malloc';
function calloc(count, size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl; external 'c' name 'calloc';
procedure free(p: pointer); cdecl; external 'c' name 'free';
function realloc(p: pointer; size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl; external 'c' name 'realloc';

function msize(p: pointer): PtrUInt; cdecl; external 'c' name 'malloc_usable_size';
// function missing on some platforms, so this unit is enabled only for LINUXNOTBSD
// see https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/malloc_005fusable_005fsize.html
// = Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.00,
// IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11.3, mingw, MSVC 14, Interix 3.5, BeOS, Android 4.1


{$ifndef FPC_SYNCMEM_NO_MCHECK}
  {$define FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}
  // try to override default error handler which calls abort()
  // - it would call mcheck() to trigger Error(reExternalException)
  // - enabled even if glibc seems to have hooks disabled on most distros; it
  // shouldn't hurt anyway
  // - define FPC_SYNCMEM_NO_MCHECK if you encounter e.g. linking issue
{$endif FPC_SYNCMEM_NO_MCHECK}

{$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}

type
  TAbortFunc = procedure(mstatus: integer); cdecl;

function mcheck(abort: TAbortFunc): integer; cdecl external 'c' name 'mcheck';
// see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mcheck.3.html

{$endif FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}

{$else}

uses
  {$ifdef LINUXNOTBSD}
  cthreads, // as required by libraries - will also link needed glibc
  {$endif LINUXNOTBSD}
  dl;

// late-binding API calls to the external malloc libraries

var
  malloc: function(size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl;
  calloc: function(count, size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl;
  free: procedure(p: pointer); cdecl;
  realloc: function(p: pointer; size: PtrUInt): pointer; cdecl;
  msize: function(p: pointer): PtrUInt; cdecl;

{$endif FPC_SYNCMEM}

// TMemoryManager replacement

function _GetMem(size: PtrUInt): pointer;
begin
  result := malloc(size);
end;

function _FreeMem(p: pointer): PtrUInt;
begin
  free(p); // free(nil) has no effect
  result := 0; // should return the chunk size - only used by heaptrc
end;

function _FreeMemSize(p: pointer; size: PtrUInt): PtrUInt;
begin // our unit won't check the "size" value (not mandatory)
  if size <> 0 then
    free(p);
  result := 0; // should return the chunk size - only used by heaptrc
end;

function _AllocMem(size: PtrUInt): pointer;
begin
  result := calloc(size, 1); // no need to call FillChar() e.g. from mmap
end;

function _ReAllocMem(var p: pointer; size: PtrUInt): pointer;
begin
  result := realloc(p, size); // is free(p) if size=0 or malloc(size) if p=nil
  p := result;
end;

function _MemSize(p: pointer): PtrUInt;
begin // AFAIK used only by fpc_AnsiStr_SetLength() in RTL
  result := msize(p);
end;

function _GetHeapStatus: THeapStatus;
begin
  FillChar(result, sizeof(result), 0);
end;

function _GetFPCHeapStatus: TFPCHeapStatus;
begin
  FillChar(result, sizeof(result), 0);
end;

const
  NewMM: TMemoryManager = (
    NeedLock: false;
    GetMem: @_Getmem;
    FreeMem: @_FreeMem;
    FreememSize: @_FreememSize;
    AllocMem: @_AllocMem;
    ReallocMem: @_ReAllocMem;
    MemSize: @_MemSize;
    InitThread: nil;
    DoneThread: nil;
    RelocateHeap: nil;
    GetHeapStatus: @_GetHeapStatus;
    GetFPCHeapStatus: @_GetFPCHeapStatus);

var
  OldMM: TMemoryManager;

  {$ifndef FPC_SYNCMEM}
  lib: pointer;
  {$endif FPC_SYNCMEM}

{$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}

const
  MCHECK_OK = 0;
  MCHECK_FREE = 1;
  MCHECK_HEAD = 2;
  MCHECK_TAIL = 3;

{$I-}
procedure mcheckabort(mstatus: integer); cdecl;
begin
  write(StdErr, 'WARNING: mcheckabort(', mstatus, ') called - ');
  case mstatus of
    MCHECK_FREE: writeln(StdErr, 'Block freed twice');
    MCHECK_HEAD: writeln(StdErr, 'Memory before the block was clobbered');
    MCHECK_TAIL: writeln(StdErr, 'Memory after the block was clobbered');
    else writeln('Unknown/Unexpected Error');
  end;
  Error(reExternalException); // notify problem, but don't call abort()
end;
{$I+}

{$endif FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}


{.$define VERBOSE}

{$I-}
procedure InitMM;
begin
  {$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM}
  {$ifdef VERBOSE}writeln('using glibc');{$endif}
  {$ifdef FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}
  mcheck(mcheckabort); // override default error handler which calls abort()
  {$endif FPC_SYNCMEM_MCHECK}
  {$else}
  {$ifdef FPC_SYNJEMALLOC} // jemalloc 3.6 seems slower, but maybe less fragmented
  lib := dlopen('libjemalloc.so.1', RTLD_LAZY);
  if lib <> nil then begin
    pointer(@malloc)  := dlsym(lib, 'malloc');
    pointer(@calloc)  := dlsym(lib, 'calloc');
    pointer(@free)    := dlsym(lib, 'free');
    pointer(@realloc) := dlsym(lib, 'realloc');
    pointer(@msize)   := dlsym(lib, 'malloc_usable_size');
    {$ifdef VERBOSE}writeln('using jemalloc');{$endif}
  end else
    writeln(StdErr, dlerror, '  [apt-get install libjemalloc1]');
  {$else}
  {$ifdef FPC_SYNTBB}
  lib := dlopen('libtbbmalloc.so.2', RTLD_LAZY);
  if lib = nil then
   lib := dlopen('libtbbmalloc.so', RTLD_LAZY);
  if lib = nil then
    writeln(StdErr, dlerror, '  [apt-get install libtbb2]')
  else begin
    pointer(@malloc)  := dlsym(lib, 'scalable_malloc');
    pointer(@calloc)  := dlsym(lib, 'scalable_calloc');
    pointer(@free)    := dlsym(lib, 'scalable_free');
    pointer(@realloc) := dlsym(lib, 'scalable_realloc');
    pointer(@msize)   := dlsym(lib, 'scalable_msize');
    {$ifdef VERBOSE}writeln('using Intel TBB');{$endif}
  end;
  {$endif FPC_SYNTBB}
  {$endif FPC_SYNJEMALLOC}
  {$endif FPC_SYNCMEM}
  if pointer(@msize) <> nil then begin
    {$ifdef CPUX64} // no cdecl on x86_64 -> direct call is just fine :)
    NewMM.GetMem  := pointer(@malloc);
    NewMM.FreeMem := pointer(@free);
    NewMM.MemSize := pointer(@msize);
    {$endif CPUX64}
    GetMemoryManager(OldMM);
    SetMemoryManager(NewMM);
  end;
end;
{$I+}

initialization
  InitMM;

finalization
  if pointer(@msize) <> nil then begin
    SetMemoryManager(OldMM);
    {$ifndef FPC_SYNCMEM}
    if lib <> nil then
      dlclose(lib);
    {$endif FPC_SYNCMEM}
  end;
end.