util(memory): use mimalloc memory allocator

Author: csegarragonz

cmake/ExternalProjects.cmake

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ conan_cmake_configure(
         "cpprestsdk/2.10.18@#ed9788e9d202d6eadd92581368ddfc2f"
         "flatbuffers/2.0.5@#c6a9508bd476da080f7aecbe7a094b68"
         "hiredis/1.0.2@#370dad964286cadb1f15dc90252e8ef3"
+        "mimalloc/2.1.2@#93a294cba11166006270536859c3c9ef"
         "openssl/3.0.2@#269fa93e5afe8c34bd9a0030d2b8f0fe"
         "protobuf/3.20.0@#8e4de7081bea093469c9e6076149b2b4"
         "readerwriterqueue/1.0.6@#a95c8da3d68822dec4d4c13fff4b5c96"
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ find_package(cpprestsdk REQUIRED)
 find_package(FlatBuffers REQUIRED)
 find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
 find_package(hiredis REQUIRED)
+find_package(mimalloc 2.1.2 REQUIRED)
 # 27/01/2023 - Pin OpenSSL to a specific version to avoid incompatibilities
 # with the system's (i.e. Ubuntu 22.04) OpenSSL
 find_package(OpenSSL 3.0.2 REQUIRED)
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ target_link_libraries(faabric_common_dependencies INTERFACE
     cpprestsdk::cpprestsdk
     flatbuffers::flatbuffers
     hiredis::hiredis
+    mimalloc::mimalloc
     nng::nng
     protobuf::libprotobuf
     readerwriterqueue::readerwriterqueue

include/faabric/util/memory.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
+#include <mimalloc.h>
 #include <span>
 #include <string>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -15,12 +16,17 @@ namespace faabric::util {
 // malloc implementations.
 inline void* malloc(std::size_t size)
 {
-    return std::malloc(size);
+    return mi_malloc(size);
 }
 
 inline void free(void* ptr)
 {
-    return std::free(ptr);
+    return mi_free(ptr);
+}
+
+inline void* realloc(void* ptr, std::size_t newSize)
+{
+    return mi_realloc(ptr, newSize);
 }
 
 /*

tests/test/util/test_memory.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ using namespace faabric::util;
 
 namespace tests {
 
+TEST_CASE("Test faabric-namespaced memory allocators")
+{
+    // Smoke test to make sure the symbols are defined and work as expected
+    size_t mallocSize = 0x100 * sizeof(int);
+    void* ptr = faabric::util::malloc(mallocSize);
+    REQUIRE(ptr != nullptr);
+
+    void* newPtr = faabric::util::realloc(ptr, mallocSize * 2);
+    REQUIRE(newPtr != nullptr);
+
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(faabric::util::free(newPtr));
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("Test rounding down offsets to page size", "[util][memory]")
 {
     REQUIRE(faabric::util::alignOffsetDown(2 * faabric::util::HOST_PAGE_SIZE) ==