// A note about jemalloc: rustc uses jemalloc when built for CI and // distribution. The obvious way to do this is with the `#[global_allocator]` // mechanism. However, for complicated reasons (see // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81782#issuecomment-784438001 for some // details) that mechanism doesn't work here. Also, we must use a consistent // allocator across the rustc <-> llvm boundary, and `#[global_allocator]` // wouldn't provide that. // // Instead, we use a lower-level mechanism. rustc is linked with jemalloc in a // way such that jemalloc's implementation of `malloc`, `free`, etc., override // the libc allocator's implementation. This means that Rust's `System` // allocator, which calls `libc::malloc()` et al., is actually calling into // jemalloc. // // A consequence of not using `GlobalAlloc` (and the `tikv-jemallocator` crate // provides an impl of that trait, which is called `Jemalloc`) is that we // cannot use the sized deallocation APIs (`sdallocx`) that jemalloc provides. // It's unclear how much performance is lost because of this. // // As for the symbol overrides in `main` below: we're pulling in a static copy // of jemalloc. We need to actually reference its symbols for it to get linked. // The two crates we link to here, `std` and `rustc_driver`, are both dynamic // libraries. So we must reference jemalloc symbols one way or another, because // this file is the only object code in the rustc executable. fn main() { // See the comment at the top of this file for an explanation of this. #[cfg(feature = "jemalloc-sys")] { use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_void}; #[used] static _F1: unsafe extern "C" fn(usize, usize) -> *mut c_void = jemalloc_sys::calloc; #[used] static _F2: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut *mut c_void, usize, usize) -> c_int = jemalloc_sys::posix_memalign; #[used] static _F3: unsafe extern "C" fn(usize, usize) -> *mut c_void = jemalloc_sys::aligned_alloc; #[used] static _F4: unsafe extern "C" fn(usize) -> *mut c_void = jemalloc_sys::malloc; #[used] static _F5: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, usize) -> *mut c_void = jemalloc_sys::realloc; #[used] static _F6: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void) = jemalloc_sys::free; // On OSX, jemalloc doesn't directly override malloc/free, but instead // registers itself with the allocator's zone APIs in a ctor. However, // the linker doesn't seem to consider ctors as "used" when statically // linking, so we need to explicitly depend on the function. #[cfg(target_os = "macos")] { extern "C" { fn _rjem_je_zone_register(); } #[used] static _F7: unsafe extern "C" fn() = _rjem_je_zone_register; } } rustc_driver::set_sigpipe_handler(); rustc_driver::main() }