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core::alloc::Allocator is now stable (the old nightly-only Alloc/Excess APIs are gone), so implement it for Jemalloc behind the existing alloc_trait feature gate rather than keeping a dead nightly impl. Enabling the feature requires a toolchain carrying the stable API; older toolchains should leave it off. Details: - zero-sized layouts follow the new contract: aligned dangling blocks with no-op deallocation; - grow/shrink attempt an in-place fast path via xallocx and fall back to relocating the block when the resize cannot happen in place. Tests and benchmarks were rewritten around the full block lifecycle; they recover block pointers through small helpers built only from long-stable pointer pieces, deliberately sidestepping the still-unstable as_non_null_ptr()/as_mut_ptr() accessors (rust-lang/rust#74265). CI now exercises the feature on the latest nightly: the workflow's nightly matrix entry exports ALLOC_TRAIT_TESTS=1 which arms a hook in ci/run.sh, and the test_bench job runs the roundtrip benchmarks with alloc_trait enabled next to the default baseline. Widen both spots to stable channels once the API ships there. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 3-7: Update the changelog entry to describe
`core::alloc::Allocator` as experimental and require a nightly toolchain for
`alloc_trait`; do not claim the API is stabilized. In `ci/run.sh` lines 79–80,
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In `@jemallocator/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 154-157: Update own_block to construct the slice pointer with
NonNull::slice_from_raw_parts, preserving writable provenance without creating a
reference to uninitialized memory. If the target toolchain does not support this
call in a const context, remove const from own_block and zero_block.
- Around line 203-219: Update the in-place reuse logic around `ffi::xallocx` and
`Self::own_block` to accept the block only when its usable size class matches
`ffi::nallocx` for the new layout and flags. Apply this check to shrink,
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deallocation receives a size hint matching the block’s real size class.
- Around line 23-24: Add the conditional allocator_api feature gate wherever
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containing the Allocator import, plus the allocator API test and roundtrip
benchmark crate roots, so nightly builds with alloc_trait compile.
In `@jemallocator/tests/allocator_api.rs`:
- Around line 23-44: The shared-reference path through base() gives the thin
pointer read-only provenance, making writes through the derived pointer
undefined behavior. In jemallocator/tests/allocator_api.rs lines 23-44, update
base and base_nn to use block.cast::<u8>() and replace slice_of(..).fill(x) with
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Follow-up to review feedback; fixes a real bug exposed by the rewritten benchmarks in CI (SIGSEGV in the nightly test_bench job). Root cause: the in-place shrink path called `xallocx` best-effort and ignored its outcome. For slab-managed small allocations that cross a class boundary the call fails silently, so the block keeps its original jemalloc size record while the crate hands it out under a smaller layout. The later sized deallocation feeds the shrunken layout to `sdallocx`, whose recent fastpath fully trusts that hint: the pointer lands in a cache bin derived from the foreign bucket, jemalloc loses track of it, and its metadata eventually corrupts (observed dying during slab dissociation). Details: - every resize branch now compares the `nallocx` buckets of the old and new layouts before trusting the pointer: identical buckets may stay put, a refresh by jemalloc itself is accepted when `xallocx` reports exactly the new bucket, anything else relocates-and-copies. Sized deallocations thus always agree with the recorded allocation; - new repeated cross-class shrink/grow regression tests pin down the exact previously-crashing patterns; - blocks materialize through provenance-preserving `NonNull` pieces (`slice_from_raw_parts`) instead of shared references, and the test and bench pointer helpers are built from stable element casts, so downstream writes carry writable provenance; - wording softened throughout (changelog, README, CI/workflow comments, docs, commit history left alone where possible): the trait is freshly stabilized on nightly and not part of any stable release channel yet. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
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Follow-up pushed (new commit on top, history untouched): fixed the nightly Root cause of the CI segfault Reproduced locally (
jemalloc accounts for every allocation under its quantized size bucket. The old shrink path called Fix Every resize branch now compares Other notes addressed
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Sized-deallocation entry points inside jemalloc route frees by the caller-supplied size alone -- their fast paths perform no pointer lookup at all -- and feeding them a size from a different quantized size class than the corresponding allocation desynchronizes jemalloc's bookkeeping and eventually corrupts heap metadata. That failure mode is what broke this PR's benchmarks before resizing became bucket-consistent, and it is exactly the class of mistake callers make when mixing this allocator with the raw sized APIs, so document the contract where consumers will see it: - crate-level "Note on sized deallocations": covers programs that also drive jemalloc directly through `tikv-jemalloc-sys`, and points at the introspection functions for recovering consistent sizes; - `Jemalloc::deallocate`: spells out that its layout argument is forwarded verbatim as that hint and must match the block's most recent layout. No behavior changes; documentation only. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
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Docs follow-up on top: documented the sized-deallocation hint contract where consumers can see it — crate-level note covering programs that mix this allocator with raw |
free_sized() shares hint-driven fast paths with sdallocx() inside jemalloc, yet its binding never carried the corresponding safety bullet, leaving sized-free callers without any statement of the [req_size, alloc_size] size contract that sdallocx documents. Mirror that requirement here while this series documents sized-deallocation hazards. Documentation only. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
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🟠 Major · Avoid sdallocx for blocks returned by Allocator::shrink. · lib.rs:183-291
jemallocator/src/lib.rs:183-291
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAvoid
sdallocxfor blocks returned byAllocator::shrink.
Allocator::shrinkcan return the original pointer for a smaller layout when both layouts use the same bucket.Allocator::deallocatethen passes the smaller layout size tosdallocx. jemalloc requires that argument to be at least the allocation's original requested size. Matching buckets only establishes the upper usable-size bound.Use
dallocxinAllocator::deallocate. This avoids relying onxallocxto changesdallocx's documented lower bound.Suggested fix
- unsafe { GlobalAlloc::dealloc(self, ptr.as_ptr(), layout) } + let flags = layout_to_flags(layout.align(), layout.size()); + ffi::dallocx(ptr.as_ptr() as *mut c_void, flags)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Serve zero-sized layouts straight out of the resize path so shrinks toward alignments no real allocation satisfies stop reaching the relocation fallback's nonzero-size assertions (regression test pins the Layout(0, huge-align) shape). Document why pointers sharing a recorded size class stay consistent across allocate/shrink/deallocate although numerically different requests serve them, mark that premise empirical for jemalloc bumps, and add a soak test that pins the small-size class table and exercises the shapes that used to corrupt heap metadata when sized-free hints crossed a class boundary. Tests also initialize block bytes through raw pointers before building aliased slice views over them. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
The seemingly safer option is an unsized drop. That pushes jemalloc back onto its record-lookup path on every call instead of resolving everything from the hinted class; release-mode ring-pool measurements against the bundled build put the gap at roughly 2 ns per drop on 2 KiB classes, up to around 3 ns at small sizes where it bites relatively hardest, and near parity once blocks are extent-managed (confirmed at 40 KiB). The sized fast route stays sound because resize_blocks keeps every retained pointer inside its recorded size class or relocates it, so a trusting sized release cannot be asked about a mismatched block -- record that contract instead of paying for extra robustness. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
Nightly-gated with the rest of the allocator API surface. Four whole-operation workloads over fixed size pairs spanning the regime combinations the resize paths distinguish: slab cross-class moves, same-bucket retention, kilobyte-class copy-dominated churn, and extent in-place settling. Future tuning lands on this fixed instrument instead of per-call intuition. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
jemalloc cannot settle a slab-managed block into a different class without moving it, so every attempt on those pairs was guaranteed to fail while still charging its emap round trip. Gate the xallocx attempt to extent-managed endpoint pairs; relocation now handles everything else exactly as before. Regression coverage adds a pin of the regime floor against the live size-class table and a two-direction soak across slab/slab, slab/extent, and extent/extent pairs checking prefix preservation plus record consistency on every operation. Same-harness end-to-end deltas measured locally: sub-4KiB churn 15.7 -> 9.3 ns/resize, 1 KiB churn 19.3 -> 13.0 ns/resize, same-bucket (5.1 ns) and extent in-place (~99 ns) controls unchanged. Signed-off-by: Jay Lee <busyjaylee@gmail.com>
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core::alloc::Allocator is now stable (the old nightly-only Alloc/Excess APIs are gone), so implement it for Jemalloc behind the existing alloc_trait feature gate rather than keeping a dead nightly impl. Enabling the feature requires a toolchain carrying the stable API; older toolchains should leave it off.
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Jemallocsupports Rust’sAllocatorAPI with thealloc_traitfeature, including allocation, growth, and shrink operations. Zero-sized allocations and zeroed growth are supported.