Dev Jain 6e8f32d39a malloc: Do not call madvise if heap's oldsize >= THP size ...

Linux handles virtual memory in Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). The
madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) call works on a VMA granularity, which sets the
VM_HUGEPAGE flag on the VMA. This flag is invariant of the mprotect()
syscall which is used in growing the secondary heaps. Therefore, we
need to call madvise() only when we are sure that VM_HUGEPAGE was not
previously set, which is only in the case when h->size < mp_.thp_pagesize.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

2025-10-20 11:33:54 -03:00

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