build releases with mimalloc

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-        # Note: keep these arches in sync with `Upload Docker Manifest` list.
-        - arch: x86_64 # as in `uname -m` on Linux.
-          rust_target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl # as in <https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/platform-support.html>
-          docker_platform: linux/amd64 # as in <https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-platform/>
-        - arch: aarch64
-          rust_target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          docker_platform: linux/arm64
-        - arch: armv7l
-          rust_target: armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
-          docker_platform: linux/arm/v7
+          # Note: keep these arches in sync with `Upload Docker Manifest` list.
+          - arch: x86_64 # as in `uname -m` on Linux.
+            rust_target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl # as in <https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/platform-support.html>
+            docker_platform: linux/amd64 # as in <https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-platform/>
+          - arch: aarch64
+            rust_target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            docker_platform: linux/arm64
+          - arch: armv7l
+            rust_target: armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
+            docker_platform: linux/arm/v7
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           working-directory: server
           target: ${{ matrix.rust_target }}
           command: build
-          args: --release --features bundled
+          args: --release --features bundled,mimalloc
       - name: Upload Docker Artifact
         run: |
           tag="${DOCKER_TAG}-${{ matrix.arch }}"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   release:
-    needs: [ base, cross ]
+    needs: [base, cross]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ upgrades, e.g. `v0.6.x` -> `v0.7.x`. The config file format and
 [API](ref/api.md) currently have no stability guarantees, so they may change
 even on minor releases, e.g. `v0.7.5` -> `v0.7.6`.
 
+## unreleased
+
+*   Release with `mimalloc` allocator, which is significantly faster than the memory
+    allocator built into `musl`.
+
 ## v0.7.20 (2025-01-31)
 
 *   H.265 fixes.

server/Cargo.lock

@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cty"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b365fabc795046672053e29c954733ec3b05e4be654ab130fe8f1f94d7051f35"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cursive"
 version = "0.21.1"
@@ -1072,6 +1078,17 @@ version = "0.2.169"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+version = "0.1.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b20daca3a4ac14dbdc753c5e90fc7b490a48a9131daed3c9a9ced7b2defd37b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cty",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1215,6 +1232,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "jiff",
  "libc",
+ "libmimalloc-sys",
  "nix",
  "nom",
  "rusqlite",

server/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ nightly = ["db/nightly"]
 bundled = ["rusqlite/bundled", "bundled-ui"]
 
 bundled-ui = []
+mimalloc = ["base/mimalloc"]
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["base", "db"]
@@ -42,10 +43,16 @@ uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["serde", "std", "v7", "fast-rng"] }
 base = { package = "moonfire-base", path = "base" }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 blake3 = "1.0.0"
-bpaf = { version = "0.9.15", features = ["autocomplete", "bright-color", "derive"]}
+bpaf = { version = "0.9.15", features = [
+    "autocomplete",
+    "bright-color",
+    "derive",
+] }
 bytes = "1"
 byteorder = "1.0"
-cursive = { version = "0.21.1", default-features = false, features = ["termion-backend"] }
+cursive = { version = "0.21.1", default-features = false, features = [
+    "termion-backend",
+] }
 data-encoding = "2.7.0"
 db = { package = "moonfire-db", path = "db" }
 futures = "0.3"
@@ -70,7 +77,13 @@ rusqlite = { workspace = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 smallvec = { version = "1.7", features = ["union"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "signal", "sync", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.24", features = [
+    "macros",
+    "rt-multi-thread",
+    "signal",
+    "sync",
+    "time",
+] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.26.1"
 toml = "0.8"
 tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["log"] }
@@ -96,7 +109,9 @@ walkdir = "2.3.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 mp4 = { git = "https://github.com/scottlamb/mp4-rust", branch = "moonfire" }
-num-rational = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+num-rational = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = [
+    "std",
+] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
 tracing-test = "0.2.4"

server/base/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 rust-version = "1.82"
 
 [features]
+mimalloc = ["dep:libmimalloc-sys"]
 nightly = []
 
 [lib]
@@ -16,10 +17,14 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 ahash = "0.8"
-coded = { git = "https://github.com/scottlamb/coded", rev = "2c97994974a73243d5dd12134831814f42cdb0e8"}
+coded = { git = "https://github.com/scottlamb/coded", rev = "2c97994974a73243d5dd12134831814f42cdb0e8" }
 futures = "0.3"
 jiff = { workspace = true }
 libc = "0.2"
+libmimalloc-sys = { version = "0.1.41", features = [
+    "override",
+    "extended",
+], optional = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 nom = "7.0.0"
 rusqlite = { workspace = true }

server/base/lib.rs

@@ -75,3 +75,16 @@ impl std::ops::Deref for Condvar {
         &self.0
     }
 }
+
+pub fn ensure_malloc_used() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "mimalloc")]
+    {
+        // This is a load-bearing debug line.
+        // Building `libmimalloc-sys` with the `override` feature will override `malloc` and
+        // `free` as used through the Rust global allocator, SQLite, and `libc`. But...`cargo`
+        // doesn't seem to build `libmimalloc-sys` at all if it's not referenced from Rust code.
+        tracing::debug!("mimalloc version {}", unsafe {
+            libmimalloc_sys::mi_version()
+        })
+    }
+}

server/db/Cargo.toml

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ itertools = { workspace = true }
 jiff = { workspace = true }
 libc = "0.2"
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["dir", "feature", "fs", "mman"] }
-num-rational = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+num-rational = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = [
+    "std",
+] }
 pretty-hex = { workspace = true }
 protobuf = "3.0"
 ring = { workspace = true }

server/db/recording.rs

@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ mod bench {
     /// Benchmarks the decoder, which is performance-critical for .mp4 serving.
     #[bench]
     fn bench_decoder(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
+        crate::testutil::init();
         let data = include_bytes!("testdata/video_sample_index.bin");
         b.bytes = data.len() as u64;
         b.iter(|| {

server/db/testutil.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub const TEST_VIDEO_SAMPLE_ENTRY_DATA: &[u8] =
 ///    * use a fast but insecure password hashing format.
 pub fn init() {
     INIT.call_once(|| {
+        base::ensure_malloc_used();
         base::tracing_setup::install_for_tests();
         base::time::testutil::init_zone();
         crate::auth::set_test_config();

server/src/main.rs

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
     base::tracing_setup::install();
     base::time::init_zone(jiff::tz::TimeZone::system);
+    base::ensure_malloc_used();
 
     // Get the program name from the OS (e.g. if invoked as `target/debug/nvr`: `nvr`),
     // falling back to the crate name if conversion to a path/UTF-8 string fails.