mimalloc
Original author(s) | Daan Leijen / Microsoft Research |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | July 2019 |
Stable release | v1.7.3
/ November 15, 2021 |
Preview release | v2.0.3
/ November 15, 2021 |
Repository | github |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, macOS, Linux |
Type | Software library |
License | MIT License |
Website | microsoft |
mimalloc (pronounced "me-malloc") is a free and open-source compact general-purpose memory allocator developed by Microsoft[1] with focus on performance characteristics. The library is about 11000 lines of code and works as a drop-in replacement for malloc of the C standard library[2] and requires no additional code changes.[3] mimalloc was initially developed for the run-time systems of the Lean and languages. Notable design aspects include free list sharding, eager page reset, first-class heaps. It can co-exist with other memory allocators linked to the same program. mimalloc is available on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and *BSD.[4] The source code is licensed under MIT License and available on GitHub.[5]
See also[]
- C dynamic memory allocation
- Manual memory management
- Dynamic memory allocation
- Hoard memory allocator
References[]
- ^ "Maruf Ali: Investigation of Memory Allocators" (PDF).
- ^ "Microsoft releases optimized malloc() as open source - Slashdot". slashdot.org.
- ^ "Analysis of mimalloc". Develop Paper. September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
- ^ "microsoft/mimalloc". July 5, 2020 – via GitHub.
Further reading[]
- Leijen, Daan; Zorn, Benjamin; De Moura, Leonardo (2019). Mimalloc: Free List Sharding in Action (PDF). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34175-6_13. ISBN 978-3-030-34174-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- Free and open-source software
- Memory management software
- Microsoft development tools
- Microsoft free software
- Software using the MIT license
- 2019 software
- Microsoft software stubs