WebAssembly / WebAssembly/wasi-libc

Investigate mimalloc

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Description

It'd be nice to provide alternative malloc implementations, with different code size vs performance tradeoffs.

See the comment here about mimalloc.

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Research direction

Start with the linked comment on pull request 89 and inspect how wasi-libc currently provides malloc implementations. Define the supported alternative allocator scope and the code-size versus performance criteria; the work is done when those tradeoffs and an implementation path are established.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, wasm
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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