[jsc-dev] bmalloc freelist from JIT code

[Filip Pizlo]

I think he means: expose whatever the bmalloc fast path is to the JIT.  I didn’t take it to mean literally add a free list.

-Filip


> On Nov 2, 2017, at 12:46 PM, Geoffrey Garen <ggaren at apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> So, my question is, is it feasible to consider adding a freelist mechanism to bmalloc that can be used from JIT?
> 
> bmalloc uses a bump allocator rather than a free list, and that’s pretty important to its performance.
> 
> Geoff