lighthouse-pulse/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
Paul Hauner 456b313665 Tune GNU malloc (#2299)
## Issue Addressed

NA

## Proposed Changes

Modify the configuration of [GNU malloc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/The-GNU-Allocator.html) to reduce memory footprint.

- Set `M_ARENA_MAX` to 4.
    - This reduces memory fragmentation at the cost of contention between threads.
- Set `M_MMAP_THRESHOLD` to 2mb
    - This means that any allocation >= 2mb is allocated via an anonymous mmap, instead of on the heap/arena. This reduces memory fragmentation since we don't need to keep growing the heap to find big contiguous slabs of free memory.
- ~~Run `malloc_trim` every 60 seconds.~~
    - ~~This shaves unused memory from the top of the heap, preventing the heap from constantly growing.~~
    - Removed, see: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/pull/2299#issuecomment-825322646

*Note: this only provides memory savings on the Linux (glibc) platform.*
    
## Additional Info

I'm going to close #2288 in favor of this for the following reasons:

- I've managed to get the memory footprint *smaller* here than with jemalloc.
- This PR seems to be less of a dramatic change than bringing in the jemalloc dep.
- The changes in this PR are strictly runtime changes, so we can create CLI flags which disable them completely. Since this change is wide-reaching and complex, it's nice to have an easy "escape hatch" if there are undesired consequences.

## TODO

- [x] Allow configuration via CLI flags
- [x] Test on Mac
- [x] Test on RasPi.
- [x] Determine if GNU malloc is present?
    - I'm not quite sure how to detect for glibc.. This issue suggests we can't really: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/33244
- [x] Make a clear argument regarding the affect of this on CPU utilization.
- [x] Test with higher `M_ARENA_MAX` values.
- [x] Test with longer trim intervals
- [x] Add some stats about memory savings
- [x] Remove `malloc_trim` calls & code
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[package]
name = "lighthouse"
version = "1.3.0"
authors = ["Sigma Prime <contact@sigmaprime.io>"]
edition = "2018"
autotests = false
[features]
# Writes debugging .ssz files to /tmp during block processing.
write_ssz_files = ["beacon_node/write_ssz_files"]
# Compiles the BLS crypto code so that the binary is portable across machines.
portable = ["bls/supranational-portable"]
# Compiles BLST so that it always uses ADX instructions.
modern = ["bls/supranational-force-adx"]
# Uses the slower Milagro BLS library, which is written in native Rust.
milagro = ["bls/milagro"]
# Support minimal spec (used for testing only).
spec-minimal = []
# Support spec v0.12 (used by Medalla testnet).
spec-v12 = []
[dependencies]
beacon_node = { "path" = "../beacon_node" }
tokio = "1.1.0"
slog = { version = "2.5.2", features = ["max_level_trace"] }
sloggers = "1.0.1"
types = { "path" = "../consensus/types" }
bls = { path = "../crypto/bls" }
clap = "2.33.3"
env_logger = "0.8.2"
logging = { path = "../common/logging" }
slog-term = "2.6.0"
slog-async = "2.5.0"
environment = { path = "./environment" }
boot_node = { path = "../boot_node" }
futures = "0.3.7"
validator_client = { "path" = "../validator_client" }
account_manager = { "path" = "../account_manager" }
clap_utils = { path = "../common/clap_utils" }
eth2_network_config = { path = "../common/eth2_network_config" }
directory = { path = "../common/directory" }
lighthouse_version = { path = "../common/lighthouse_version" }
account_utils = { path = "../common/account_utils" }
remote_signer = { "path" = "../remote_signer" }
lighthouse_metrics = { path = "../common/lighthouse_metrics" }
lazy_static = "1.4.0"
serde_json = "1.0.59"
task_executor = { path = "../common/task_executor" }
malloc_utils = { path = "../common/malloc_utils" }
[dev-dependencies]
tempfile = "3.1.0"
validator_dir = { path = "../common/validator_dir" }
slashing_protection = { path = "../validator_client/slashing_protection" }
eth2_libp2p = { path = "../beacon_node/eth2_libp2p" }
[[test]]
name = "lighthouse_tests"
path = "tests/main.rs"