added simple code to utilize MMAP_HUGETLB when allocating the oom-heap

moo/configure

@@ -18225,7 +18225,7 @@ fi
 
 done
 
-for ac_header in dlfcn.h ltdl.h
+for ac_header in dlfcn.h ltdl.h sys/mman.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
@@ -18361,12 +18361,13 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_func in isatty
+for ac_func in isatty mmap munmap
 do :
-  ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "isatty" "ac_cv_func_isatty"
-if test "x$ac_cv_func_isatty" = xyes; then :
+  as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"; then :
   cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_ISATTY 1
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 _ACEOF
 
 fi

moo/configure.ac

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ dnl check header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stddef.h wchar.h wctype.h errno.h signal.h fcntl.h dirent.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([time.h sys/time.h utime.h spawn.h execinfo.h ucontext.h])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dlfcn.h ltdl.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dlfcn.h ltdl.h sys/mman.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/devpoll.h sys/epoll.h poll.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dyncall.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([xcb/xcb.h])
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([makecontext swapcontext getcontext setcontext])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_nanosleep nanosleep usleep])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([snprintf _vsnprintf _vsnwprintf strerror_r])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([isatty])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([isatty mmap munmap])
 
 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl dld], [

moo/lib/main.c

@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@
 #	if defined(HAVE_SIGNAL_H)
 #		include <signal.h>
 #	endif
+#	if defined(HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H)
+#		include <sys/mman.h>
+#	endif
 
 #	include <errno.h>
 #	include <unistd.h>
@@ -483,14 +486,65 @@ static moo_ooi_t input_handler (moo_t* moo, moo_iocmd_t cmd, moo_ioarg_t* arg)
 
 static void* alloc_heap (moo_t* moo, moo_oow_t size)
 {
+#if defined(HAVE_MMAP) && defined(HAVE_MUNMAP) && defined(MAP_ANONYMOUS)
+	/* It's called via moo_makeheap() when HCL creates a GC heap.
+	 * The heap is large in size. I can use a different memory allocation
+	 * function instead of an ordinary malloc.
+	 * upon failure, it doesn't require to set error information as moo_makeheap()
+	 * set the error number to MOO_EOOMEM. */
+
+#if !defined(MAP_HUGETLB) && (defined(__amd64__) || defined(__x86_64__))
+#	define MAP_HUGETLB 0x40000
+#endif
+
+	moo_oow_t* ptr;
+	int flags;
+	moo_oow_t actual_size;
+
+	flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+	#if defined(MAP_HUGETLB)
+	flags |= MAP_HUGETLB;
+	#endif
+
+	#if defined(MAP_UNINITIALIZED)
+	flags |= MAP_UNINITIALIZED;
+	#endif
+
+	actual_size = MOO_SIZEOF(moo_oow_t) + size;
+	actual_size = MOO_ALIGN_POW2(actual_size, 2 * 1024 * 1024);
+	ptr = (moo_oow_t*)mmap(NULL, actual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, flags, -1, 0);
+	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) 
+	{
+	#if defined(MAP_HUGETLB)
+		flags &= ~MAP_HUGETLB;
+		ptr = (moo_oow_t*)mmap(NULL, actual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, flags, -1, 0);
+		if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) return MOO_NULL;
+	#else
+		return MOO_NULL;
+	#endif
+	}
+	*ptr = actual_size;
+
+	return (void*)(ptr + 1);
+
+#else
 	return MOO_MMGR_ALLOC(moo->mmgr, size);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void free_heap (moo_t* moo, void* ptr)
 {
+#if defined(HAVE_MMAP) && defined(HAVE_MUNMAP)
+	moo_oow_t* actual_ptr;
+	actual_ptr = (moo_oow_t*)ptr - 1;
+	munmap (actual_ptr, *actual_ptr);
+#else
 	return MOO_MMGR_FREE(moo->mmgr, ptr);
+#endif
 }
 
+
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 	/* nothing to do */
 
@@ -2228,6 +2282,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	{
 		{ ":log",         'l' },
 		{ ":memsize",     'm' },
+		{ "large-pages",  '\0' },
 #if defined(MOO_BUILD_DEBUG)
 		{ ":debug",       '\0' }, /* NOTE: there is no short option for --debug */
 #endif
@@ -2241,6 +2296,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	const char* logopt = MOO_NULL;
 	moo_oow_t memsize = MIN_MEMSIZE;
+	int large_pages = 0;
 
 #if defined(MOO_BUILD_DEBUG)
 	const char* dbgopt = MOO_NULL;
@@ -2270,9 +2326,13 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 				break;
 
 			case '\0':
-				
+				if (moo_compbcstr(opt.lngopt, "large-pages") == 0)
+				{
+					large_pages = 1;
+					break;
+				}
 			#if defined(MOO_BUILD_DEBUG)
-				if (moo_compbcstr(opt.lngopt, "debug") == 0)
+				else if (moo_compbcstr(opt.lngopt, "debug") == 0)
 				{
 					dbgopt = opt.arg;
 					break;
@@ -2298,8 +2358,11 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 #endif
 
 	memset (&vmprim, 0, MOO_SIZEOF(vmprim));
+	if (large_pages)
+	{
 		vmprim.alloc_heap = alloc_heap;
 		vmprim.free_heap = free_heap;
+	}
 	vmprim.log_write = log_write;
 	vmprim.syserrstrb = syserrstrb;
 	vmprim.dl_open = dl_open;

moo/lib/moo-cfg.h.in

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `mmap' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MMAP
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `munmap' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MUNMAP
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `nanosleep' function. */
 #undef HAVE_NANOSLEEP
 
@@ -204,6 +210,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/epoll.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/mman.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H