Bug #78725 jemalloc not mentioned in "Configuring the Memory Allocator for InnoDB"
Submitted: 6 Oct 2015 23:23 Modified: 16 Sep 2016 11:41
Reporter: Domas Mituzas Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[6 Oct 2015 23:23] Domas Mituzas 
Description:
the section about memory allocators severely underrepresents state of art of systems memory management. 

current memory allocator of choice in many places is 'jemalloc', and some other suggested 'leading memory allocators' are neither leading nor useful for MySQL (e.g. allocate memory in powers-of-2, etc)

How to repeat:
read the manual

Suggested fix:
revisit the section, point out 'jemalloc' as a primary candidate for high performance memory management
[7 Oct 2015 4:23] MySQL Verification Team 
Hello Domas,

Thank you for the bug report.

Regards,
Umesh
[16 Sep 2016 11:41] Erlend Dahl 
[12 Jul 2016 11:11] Daniel T Price

The statement about "leading memory allocators" was removed.

Thank you for the bug report.