lighthouse/beacon_node/http_metrics/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 = "http_metrics"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
edition = "2018"
# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
[dependencies]
prometheus = "0.11.0"
warp = { git = "https://github.com/paulhauner/warp ", branch = "cors-wildcard" }
serde = { version = "1.0.116", features = ["derive"] }
slog = "2.5.2"
beacon_chain = { path = "../beacon_chain" }
store = { path = "../store" }
eth2_libp2p = { path = "../eth2_libp2p" }
slot_clock = { path = "../../common/slot_clock" }
lighthouse_metrics = { path = "../../common/lighthouse_metrics" }
lazy_static = "1.4.0"
eth2 = { path = "../../common/eth2" }
lighthouse_version = { path = "../../common/lighthouse_version" }
warp_utils = { path = "../../common/warp_utils" }
malloc_utils = { path = "../../common/malloc_utils" }
[dev-dependencies]
tokio = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["sync"] }
reqwest = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["json"] }
environment = { path = "../../lighthouse/environment" }
types = { path = "../../consensus/types" }