jemalloc 3 performance vs. mozjemalloc

[Matthew Hall]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 06:51:53PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
> The problem here is that very low-level things are involved, and taking
> a test-case out of context changes the very conditions of those low-level
> things. As I wrote in the start of this thread, I did see things out of
> context that may or may not matter, and it turns out issue #192 is the
> one thing that made the most difference because of its impact on page
> faults. All the other things I did, like tweaking the config (enabling
> tcache, adjusting lg_dirty_mult, ...), returning to 3.6 instead of dev,
> etc. didn't do much.

It makes me wonder if a simpler setup of ARM Linux running the test cases on 
an embedded board like an RPIV2 w/ quad-core, BeagleBoard, etc. would be able 
to repro the issue or not. Then you wouldn't have to worry about all the 
Android hacks getting in the way of the test.

Matthew.