Closed Bug 901211 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Don't use static page size on ia64, sparc and mips

Categories

(Core :: Memory Allocator, defect)

24 Branch
All
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

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()

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla25
Tracking Status
firefox24 --- fixed
firefox25 --- fixed

People

(Reporter: glandium, Assigned: glandium)

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Details

(Whiteboard: [qa-])

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ia64, sparc and mips have non 4k page sizes, and even a page size that varies depending on the kernel or maybe the cpu model.
Attachment #785361 - Flags: review?(justin.lebar+bug)
Attachment #785361 - Flags: review?(justin.lebar+bug) → review+
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ec6bcb45443c
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla25
Comment on attachment 785361 [details] [diff] [review]
Don't use static page size on ia64, sparc and mips

[Approval Request Comment]
Requesting for beta because i'd like this in ESR24 so that I don't have to carry the patch around for the ESR.
User impact if declined: Runtime failure because of page size size not matching what jemalloc expects on ia64, sparc and mips.
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): Tested on a ia64, sparc and mips.
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): NPOTB.
String or IDL/UUID changes made by this patch: None
Attachment #785361 - Flags: approval-mozilla-beta?
Attachment #785361 - Flags: approval-mozilla-beta? → approval-mozilla-beta+
This is the case on powerpc as well. Please add it to the list.

Note that this is a terrible design decision to begin with. I sincerely hope
the code can be reworked to no longer make that assumption (or at least stick
to something like "maximum" page size if that can help).
FWIW we saw a significant improvement on our whole-browser benchmarks when we switched to using a static page size.  Trading that for breakage on our tier-three platforms doesn't seem "terrible" to me.  I don't think we have any plans to get rid of this assumption for platforms where it's a correct assumption.
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