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/*
Optimizing Bump Heap Allocation
Objective: Increase available heap memory while maintaining flexibility in program invocation.
1. Initial State: Default 32 KiB Heap
Memory Layout:
0x300000000 0x300008000
| |
v v
[--------------------]
^ ^
| |
VM Lower VM Upper
Boundary Boundary
Default Allocator (Allocates Backwards / Top Down) (Default 32 KiB):
0x300000000 0x300008000
| |
[--------------------]
^
|
Allocation starts here (SAFE)
2. Naive Approach: Increase HEAP_LENGTH to 8 * 32 KiB + Default Allocator
Memory Layout with Increased HEAP_LENGTH:
0x300000000 0x300008000 0x300040000
| | |
v v v
[--------------------|------------------------------------|]
^ ^ ^
| | |
VM Lower VM Upper Allocation starts here
Boundary Boundary (ACCESS VIOLATION!)
Issue: Access violation occurs without requestHeapFrame, requiring it for every transaction.
3. Optimized Solution: Forward Allocation with Flexible Heap Usage
Memory Layout (Same as Naive Approach):
0x300000000 0x300008000 0x300040000
| | |
v v v
[--------------------|------------------------------------|]
^ ^ ^
| | |
VM Lower VM Upper Allocator & VM
Boundary Boundary Heap Limit
Forward Allocator Behavior:
a) Without requestHeapFrame:
0x300000000 0x300008000
| |
[--------------------]
^ ^
| |
VM Lower VM Upper
Boundary Boundary
Allocation
starts here (SAFE)
b) With requestHeapFrame:
0x300000000 0x300008000 0x300040000
| | |
[--------------------|------------------------------------|]
^ ^ ^
| | |
VM Lower | VM Upper
Boundary Boundary
Allocation Allocation continues Maximum allocation
starts here with requestHeapFrame with requestHeapFrame
(SAFE)
Key Advantages:
1. Compatibility: Functions without requestHeapFrame for allocations ≤32 KiB.
2. Extensibility: Supports larger allocations when requestHeapFrame is invoked.
3. Efficiency: Eliminates mandatory requestHeapFrame calls for all transactions.
Conclusion:
The forward allocation strategy offers a robust solution, providing both backward
compatibility for smaller heap requirements and the flexibility to utilize extended
heap space when necessary.
The following allocator is a copy of the bump allocator found in
solana_program::entrypoint and
https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-program-library/blob/master/examples/rust/custom-heap/src/entrypoint.rs
but with changes to its HEAP_LENGTH and its
starting allocation address.
*/
use HEAP_START_ADDRESS;
use ;
/// Length of the memory region used for program heap.
pub const HEAP_LENGTH: usize = 8 * 32 * 1024;
;
unsafe
// Only use the allocator if we're not in a no-entrypoint context
static A: BumpAllocator = BumpAllocator;