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trafficserver git commit: TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability

Repository: trafficserver
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/master 3b24ea14e -> fe219a131


TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/commit/fe219a13
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/tree/fe219a13
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/diff/fe219a13

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: fe219a131af7d9af3c96a9079830141ba03e0378
Parents: 3b24ea1
Author: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
Authored: Sat Feb 28 12:35:40 2015 -0700
Committer: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
Committed: Mon Mar 9 19:45:06 2015 -0600

----------------------------------------------------------------------
 CHANGES                        |  2 ++
 iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc | 14 +++++++++++++-
 lib/ts/Allocator.h             |  5 ++---
 lib/ts/ink_queue.cc            | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 lib/ts/ink_queue.h             |  4 ++--
 mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc          |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
----------------------------------------------------------------------


http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/CHANGES
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2ea6b7f..79b0fa5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache Traffic Server 5.3.0
 
+  *) [TS-3417] Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability
+
   *) [TS-3036] Add a new log tag, 'chm', which shows cache-hit-miss specific
    information. For example, was this a RAM cache hit.
    Co-Author: Ryan Franz.

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
index 879e8ba..9a86895 100644
--- a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
+++ b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
   UIOBuffer.cc
 
 **************************************************************************/
+#include "ink_defs.h"
 #include "P_EventSystem.h"
+#include "I_RecCore.h"
 
 //
 // General Buffer Allocator
@@ -45,6 +47,16 @@ void
 init_buffer_allocators()
 {
   char *name;
+  int advice = 0;
+
+#ifdef MADV_DONTDUMP // This should only exist on Linux 3.4 and higher.
+    bool dont_dump_enabled;
+    RecGetRecordBool("proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", &dont_dump_enabled, false);
+
+    if (dont_dump_enabled) {
+      advice = MADV_DONTDUMP;
+    }
+#endif
 
   for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZES; i++) {
     int64_t s = DEFAULT_BUFFER_BASE_SIZE * (((int64_t)1) << i);
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ init_buffer_allocators()
 
     name = new char[64];
     snprintf(name, 64, "ioBufAllocator[%d]", i);
-    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a);
+    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a, advice);
   }
 }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/Allocator.h
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ts/Allocator.h b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
index 1e8bba6..9f4edde 100644
--- a/lib/ts/Allocator.h
+++ b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ public:
 
   /** Re-initialize the parameters of the allocator. */
   void
-  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size,
-          unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment)
+  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size, unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment, int advice)
   {
-    ink_freelist_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment);
+    ink_freelist_madvise_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment, advice);
   }
 
 protected:

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
index 49207a9..9e0b7dc 100644
--- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
+++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
@@ -111,10 +111,18 @@ ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size,
   f->allocated = 0;
   f->allocated_base = 0;
   f->used_base = 0;
+  f->advice = 0;
   *fl = f;
 #endif
 }
 
+void
+ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice)
+{
+  ink_freelist_init(fl, name, type_size, chunk_size, alignment);
+  (*fl)->advice = advice;
+}
+
 InkFreeList *
 ink_freelist_create(const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
                     uint32_t alignment)
@@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
         newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->chunk_size * type_size);
       else
         newp = ats_malloc(f->chunk_size * type_size);
+      ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->chunk_size * type_size, f->advice);
+
       fl_memadd(f->chunk_size * type_size);
 #ifdef DEBUG
       newsbrk = (char *) sbrk(0);
@@ -235,10 +245,10 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
     newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->type_size);
   else
     newp = ats_malloc(f->type_size);
+  ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->type_size, f->advice);
   return newp;
 #endif
 }
-typedef volatile void *volatile_void_p;
 
 void
 ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
@@ -247,7 +257,7 @@ ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
 #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
   return reclaimable_freelist_free(f, item);
 #else
-  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
+  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
   head_p h;
   head_p item_pair;
   int result = 0;
@@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList *f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item)
 {
 #if TS_USE_FREELIST
 #if !TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
-  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
+  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
   head_p h;
   head_p item_pair;
   int result = 0;
@@ -505,7 +515,7 @@ ink_atomiclist_popall(InkAtomicList * l)
 void *
 ink_atomiclist_push(InkAtomicList * l, void *item)
 {
-  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
+  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
   head_p head;
   head_p item_pair;
   int result = 0;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
index 6c1b1c2..37e0953 100644
--- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
+++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ extern "C"
 #error "unsupported processor"
 #endif
 
-  typedef void *void_p;
-
 #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
   extern float cfg_reclaim_factor;
   extern int64_t cfg_max_overage;
@@ -160,6 +158,7 @@ extern "C"
     const char *name;
     uint32_t type_size, chunk_size, used, allocated, alignment;
     uint32_t allocated_base, used_base;
+    int advice;
   };
 
   inkcoreapi extern volatile int64_t fastalloc_mem_in_use;
@@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ extern "C"
   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name,
                                     uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
                                     uint32_t alignment);
+  inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice);
   inkcoreapi void *ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f);
   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item);
   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList * f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
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diff --git a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
index 03a32ec..b360aa0 100644
--- a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
+++ b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
@@ -2062,6 +2062,8 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
   ,
   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.thread_freelist_low_watermark", RECD_INT, "32", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, NULL, RECA_NULL}
   ,
+  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", RECD_INT, "0", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, "[0-1]", RECA_NULL}
+  ,
 
   //############
   //#


Re: trafficserver git commit: TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability

Posted by James Peach <jp...@apache.org>.
> On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:54 PM, sorber@apache.org wrote:
> 
> Repository: trafficserver
> Updated Branches:
>  refs/heads/master 3b24ea14e -> fe219a131
> 
> 
> TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability
> 
> 
> Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/repo
> Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/commit/fe219a13
> Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/tree/fe219a13
> Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/diff/fe219a13
> 
> Branch: refs/heads/master
> Commit: fe219a131af7d9af3c96a9079830141ba03e0378
> Parents: 3b24ea1
> Author: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
> Authored: Sat Feb 28 12:35:40 2015 -0700
> Committer: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
> Committed: Mon Mar 9 19:45:06 2015 -0600
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CHANGES                        |  2 ++
> iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc | 14 +++++++++++++-
> lib/ts/Allocator.h             |  5 ++---
> lib/ts/ink_queue.cc            | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> lib/ts/ink_queue.h             |  4 ++--
> mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc          |  2 ++
> 6 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/CHANGES
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
> index 2ea6b7f..79b0fa5 100644
> --- a/CHANGES
> +++ b/CHANGES
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
>                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> Changes with Apache Traffic Server 5.3.0
> 
> +  *) [TS-3417] Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability
> +
>   *) [TS-3036] Add a new log tag, 'chm', which shows cache-hit-miss specific
>    information. For example, was this a RAM cache hit.
>    Co-Author: Ryan Franz.
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> index 879e8ba..9a86895 100644
> --- a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> +++ b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
>   UIOBuffer.cc
> 
> **************************************************************************/
> +#include "ink_defs.h"
> #include "P_EventSystem.h"
> +#include "I_RecCore.h"
> 
> //
> // General Buffer Allocator
> @@ -45,6 +47,16 @@ void
> init_buffer_allocators()
> {
>   char *name;
> +  int advice = 0;
> +
> +#ifdef MADV_DONTDUMP // This should only exist on Linux 3.4 and higher.
> +    bool dont_dump_enabled;
> +    RecGetRecordBool("proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", &dont_dump_enabled, false);
> +
> +    if (dont_dump_enabled) {
> +      advice = MADV_DONTDUMP;
> +    }
> +#endif
> 
>   for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZES; i++) {
>     int64_t s = DEFAULT_BUFFER_BASE_SIZE * (((int64_t)1) << i);
> @@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ init_buffer_allocators()
> 
>     name = new char[64];
>     snprintf(name, 64, "ioBufAllocator[%d]", i);
> -    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a);
> +    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a, advice);
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/Allocator.h b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> index 1e8bba6..9f4edde 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> +++ b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> @@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ public:
> 
>   /** Re-initialize the parameters of the allocator. */
>   void
> -  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size,
> -          unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment)
> +  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size, unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment, int advice)
>   {
> -    ink_freelist_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment);
> +    ink_freelist_madvise_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment, advice);
>   }
> 
> protected:
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> index 49207a9..9e0b7dc 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> +++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> @@ -111,10 +111,18 @@ ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size,
>   f->allocated = 0;
>   f->allocated_base = 0;
>   f->used_base = 0;
> +  f->advice = 0;
>   *fl = f;
> #endif
> }
> 
> +void
> +ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice)
> +{
> +  ink_freelist_init(fl, name, type_size, chunk_size, alignment);
> +  (*fl)->advice = advice;
> +}
> +
> InkFreeList *
> ink_freelist_create(const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
>                     uint32_t alignment)
> @@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
>         newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->chunk_size * type_size);
>       else
>         newp = ats_malloc(f->chunk_size * type_size);
> +      ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->chunk_size * type_size, f->advice);
> +
>       fl_memadd(f->chunk_size * type_size);
> #ifdef DEBUG
>       newsbrk = (char *) sbrk(0);
> @@ -235,10 +245,10 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
>     newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->type_size);
>   else
>     newp = ats_malloc(f->type_size);
> +  ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->type_size, f->advice);
>   return newp;
> #endif
> }
> -typedef volatile void *volatile_void_p;
> 
> void
> ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
> @@ -247,7 +257,7 @@ ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
> #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
>   return reclaimable_freelist_free(f, item);
> #else
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
>   head_p h;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> @@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList *f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item)
> {
> #if TS_USE_FREELIST
> #if !TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
>   head_p h;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> @@ -505,7 +515,7 @@ ink_atomiclist_popall(InkAtomicList * l)
> void *
> ink_atomiclist_push(InkAtomicList * l, void *item)
> {
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
>   head_p head;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> index 6c1b1c2..37e0953 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> +++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> @@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ extern "C"
> #error "unsupported processor"
> #endif
> 
> -  typedef void *void_p;
> -
> #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
>   extern float cfg_reclaim_factor;
>   extern int64_t cfg_max_overage;
> @@ -160,6 +158,7 @@ extern "C"
>     const char *name;
>     uint32_t type_size, chunk_size, used, allocated, alignment;
>     uint32_t allocated_base, used_base;
> +    int advice;
>   };
> 
>   inkcoreapi extern volatile int64_t fastalloc_mem_in_use;
> @@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ extern "C"
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name,
>                                     uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
>                                     uint32_t alignment);
> +  inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice);
>   inkcoreapi void *ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f);
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item);
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList * f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item);
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> index 03a32ec..b360aa0 100644
> --- a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> +++ b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> @@ -2062,6 +2062,8 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
>   ,
>   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.thread_freelist_low_watermark", RECD_INT, "32", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, NULL, RECA_NULL}
>   ,
> +  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", RECD_INT, "0", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, "[0-1]", RECA_NULL}
> +  ,

Update type should be RECU_RESTART_TS since you sample the value once at startup. Check type should be RECC_INT to constrain to the given range.

J

Re: trafficserver git commit: TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability

Posted by James Peach <jp...@apache.org>.
> On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:54 PM, sorber@apache.org wrote:
> 
> Repository: trafficserver
> Updated Branches:
>  refs/heads/master 3b24ea14e -> fe219a131
> 
> 
> TS-3417: Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability
> 
> 
> Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/repo
> Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/commit/fe219a13
> Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/tree/fe219a13
> Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/diff/fe219a13
> 
> Branch: refs/heads/master
> Commit: fe219a131af7d9af3c96a9079830141ba03e0378
> Parents: 3b24ea1
> Author: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
> Authored: Sat Feb 28 12:35:40 2015 -0700
> Committer: Phil Sorber <so...@apache.org>
> Committed: Mon Mar 9 19:45:06 2015 -0600
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CHANGES                        |  2 ++
> iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc | 14 +++++++++++++-
> lib/ts/Allocator.h             |  5 ++---
> lib/ts/ink_queue.cc            | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> lib/ts/ink_queue.h             |  4 ++--
> mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc          |  2 ++
> 6 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/CHANGES
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
> index 2ea6b7f..79b0fa5 100644
> --- a/CHANGES
> +++ b/CHANGES
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
>                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> Changes with Apache Traffic Server 5.3.0
> 
> +  *) [TS-3417] Add MADV_DONTDUMP capability
> +
>   *) [TS-3036] Add a new log tag, 'chm', which shows cache-hit-miss specific
>    information. For example, was this a RAM cache hit.
>    Co-Author: Ryan Franz.
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> index 879e8ba..9a86895 100644
> --- a/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> +++ b/iocore/eventsystem/IOBuffer.cc
> @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
>   UIOBuffer.cc
> 
> **************************************************************************/
> +#include "ink_defs.h"
> #include "P_EventSystem.h"
> +#include "I_RecCore.h"
> 
> //
> // General Buffer Allocator
> @@ -45,6 +47,16 @@ void
> init_buffer_allocators()
> {
>   char *name;
> +  int advice = 0;
> +
> +#ifdef MADV_DONTDUMP // This should only exist on Linux 3.4 and higher.
> +    bool dont_dump_enabled;
> +    RecGetRecordBool("proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", &dont_dump_enabled, false);
> +
> +    if (dont_dump_enabled) {
> +      advice = MADV_DONTDUMP;
> +    }
> +#endif
> 
>   for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZES; i++) {
>     int64_t s = DEFAULT_BUFFER_BASE_SIZE * (((int64_t)1) << i);
> @@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ init_buffer_allocators()
> 
>     name = new char[64];
>     snprintf(name, 64, "ioBufAllocator[%d]", i);
> -    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a);
> +    ioBufAllocator[i].re_init(name, s, n, a, advice);
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/Allocator.h b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> index 1e8bba6..9f4edde 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> +++ b/lib/ts/Allocator.h
> @@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ public:
> 
>   /** Re-initialize the parameters of the allocator. */
>   void
> -  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size,
> -          unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment)
> +  re_init(const char *name, unsigned int element_size, unsigned int chunk_size, unsigned int alignment, int advice)
>   {
> -    ink_freelist_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment);
> +    ink_freelist_madvise_init(&this->fl, name, element_size, chunk_size, alignment, advice);
>   }
> 
> protected:
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> index 49207a9..9e0b7dc 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> +++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.cc
> @@ -111,10 +111,18 @@ ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size,
>   f->allocated = 0;
>   f->allocated_base = 0;
>   f->used_base = 0;
> +  f->advice = 0;
>   *fl = f;
> #endif
> }
> 
> +void
> +ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice)
> +{
> +  ink_freelist_init(fl, name, type_size, chunk_size, alignment);
> +  (*fl)->advice = advice;
> +}
> +
> InkFreeList *
> ink_freelist_create(const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
>                     uint32_t alignment)
> @@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
>         newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->chunk_size * type_size);
>       else
>         newp = ats_malloc(f->chunk_size * type_size);
> +      ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->chunk_size * type_size, f->advice);
> +
>       fl_memadd(f->chunk_size * type_size);
> #ifdef DEBUG
>       newsbrk = (char *) sbrk(0);
> @@ -235,10 +245,10 @@ ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f)
>     newp = ats_memalign(f->alignment, f->type_size);
>   else
>     newp = ats_malloc(f->type_size);
> +  ats_madvise((caddr_t)newp, f->type_size, f->advice);
>   return newp;
> #endif
> }
> -typedef volatile void *volatile_void_p;
> 
> void
> ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
> @@ -247,7 +257,7 @@ ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item)
> #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
>   return reclaimable_freelist_free(f, item);
> #else
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, 0);
>   head_p h;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> @@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList *f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item)
> {
> #if TS_USE_FREELIST
> #if !TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(tail, 0);
>   head_p h;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> @@ -505,7 +515,7 @@ ink_atomiclist_popall(InkAtomicList * l)
> void *
> ink_atomiclist_push(InkAtomicList * l, void *item)
> {
> -  volatile_void_p *adr_of_next = (volatile_void_p *) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
> +  volatile void **adr_of_next = (volatile void **) ADDRESS_OF_NEXT(item, l->offset);
>   head_p head;
>   head_p item_pair;
>   int result = 0;
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> index 6c1b1c2..37e0953 100644
> --- a/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> +++ b/lib/ts/ink_queue.h
> @@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ extern "C"
> #error "unsupported processor"
> #endif
> 
> -  typedef void *void_p;
> -
> #if TS_USE_RECLAIMABLE_FREELIST
>   extern float cfg_reclaim_factor;
>   extern int64_t cfg_max_overage;
> @@ -160,6 +158,7 @@ extern "C"
>     const char *name;
>     uint32_t type_size, chunk_size, used, allocated, alignment;
>     uint32_t allocated_base, used_base;
> +    int advice;
>   };
> 
>   inkcoreapi extern volatile int64_t fastalloc_mem_in_use;
> @@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ extern "C"
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name,
>                                     uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size,
>                                     uint32_t alignment);
> +  inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_madvise_init(InkFreeList **fl, const char *name, uint32_t type_size, uint32_t chunk_size, uint32_t alignment, int advice);
>   inkcoreapi void *ink_freelist_new(InkFreeList * f);
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free(InkFreeList * f, void *item);
>   inkcoreapi void ink_freelist_free_bulk(InkFreeList * f, void *head, void *tail, size_t num_item);
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/fe219a13/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> index 03a32ec..b360aa0 100644
> --- a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> +++ b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
> @@ -2062,6 +2062,8 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
>   ,
>   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.thread_freelist_low_watermark", RECD_INT, "32", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, NULL, RECA_NULL}
>   ,
> +  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.allocator.dontdump_iobuffers", RECD_INT, "0", RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, "[0-1]", RECA_NULL}
> +  ,

Update type should be RECU_RESTART_TS since you sample the value once at startup. Check type should be RECC_INT to constrain to the given range.

J