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bumpalo
A fast bump allocation arena for Rust.
Bump Allocation
Bump allocation is a fast, but limited approach to allocation. We have a chunk of memory, and we maintain a pointer within that memory. Whenever we allocate an object, we do a quick check that we have enough capacity left in our chunk to allocate the object and then update the pointer by the object's size. That's it!
The disadvantage of bump allocation is that there is no general way to deallocate individual objects or reclaim the memory region for a no-longer-in-use object.
These trade offs make bump allocation well-suited for phase-oriented allocations. That is, a group of objects that will all be allocated during the same program phase, used, and then can all be deallocated together as a group.
Deallocation en Masse, but no Drop
To deallocate all the objects in the arena at once, we can simply reset the bump
pointer back to the start of the arena's memory chunk. This makes mass
deallocation extremely fast, but allocated objects' Drop
implementations are
not invoked.
However:
bumpalo::boxed::Box<T>
can be used to wrapT
values allocated in theBump
arena, and callsT
'sDrop
implementation when theBox<T>
wrapper goes out of scope. This is similar to howstd::boxed::Box
works, except without deallocating its backing memory.
What happens when the memory chunk is full?
This implementation will allocate a new memory chunk from the global allocator and then start bump allocating into this new memory chunk.
Example
use bumpalo::Bump;
use std::u64;
struct Doggo {
cuteness: u64,
age: u8,
scritches_required: bool,
}
// Create a new arena to bump allocate into.
let bump = Bump::new();
// Allocate values into the arena.
let scooter = bump.alloc(Doggo {
cuteness: u64::max_value(),
age: 8,
scritches_required: true,
});
// Exclusive, mutable references to the just-allocated value are returned.
assert!(scooter.scritches_required);
scooter.age += 1;
Collections
When the "collections"
cargo feature is enabled, a fork of some of the std
library's collections are available in the collections
module. These
collection types are modified to allocate their space inside bumpalo::Bump
arenas.
#[cfg(feature = "collections")]
{
use bumpalo::{Bump, collections::Vec};
// Create a new bump arena.
let bump = Bump::new();
// Create a vector of integers whose storage is backed by the bump arena. The
// vector cannot outlive its backing arena, and this property is enforced with
// Rust's lifetime rules.
let mut v = Vec::new_in(&bump);
// Push a bunch of integers onto `v`!
for i in 0..100 {
v.push(i);
}
}
Eventually all std
collection types will be parameterized by an
allocator and we can remove
this collections
module and use the std
versions.
For unstable, nightly-only support for custom allocators in std
, see the
allocator_api
section below.
bumpalo::boxed::Box
When the "boxed"
cargo feature is enabled, a fork of std::boxed::Box
is available in the boxed
module. This Box
type is modified to allocate its
space inside bumpalo::Bump
arenas.
A Box<T>
runs T
's drop implementation when the Box<T>
is dropped. You
can use this to work around the fact that Bump
does not drop values allocated
in its space itself.
#[cfg(feature = "boxed")]
{
use bumpalo::{Bump, boxed::Box};
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
static NUM_DROPPED: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
struct CountDrops;
impl Drop for CountDrops {
fn drop(&mut self) {
NUM_DROPPED.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
}
}
// Create a new bump arena.
let bump = Bump::new();
// Create a `CountDrops` inside the bump arena.
let mut c = Box::new_in(CountDrops, &bump);
// No `CountDrops` have been dropped yet.
assert_eq!(NUM_DROPPED.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
// Drop our `Box<CountDrops>`.
drop(c);
// Its `Drop` implementation was run, and so `NUM_DROPS` has been
// incremented.
assert_eq!(NUM_DROPPED.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
}
Serde
Adding the serde
feature flag will enable transparent serialization of Vecs and
boxed values.
[dependencies]
bumpalo = { version = "3.9", features = ["collections", "boxed", "serde"] }
use bumpalo::{Bump, boxed::Box, collections::Vec};
// Create a new bump arena.
let bump = Bump::new();
// Create a `Box`
let box = Box::new_in("hello", &bump);
// Serialize with serde_json
assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&box).unwrap(), "\"hello\"");
// Create a `Vec`
let vec = Vec::new_in( &bump);
vec.push(1);
vec.push(2);
// Serialize with serde_json
assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&vec).unwrap(), "[1, 2]");
#![no_std]
Support
Bumpalo is a no_std
crate by default. It depends only on the alloc
and core
crates.
std
Support
You can optionally decide to enable the std
feature in order to enable some
std only trait implementations for some collections:
std::io::Write
forVec<'bump, u8>
Thread support
The Bump
is !Sync
, which makes it hard to use in certain situations around
threads ‒ for example in rayon
.
The bumpalo-herd
crate provides a
pool of Bump
allocators for use in such situations.
Nightly Rust allocator_api
Support
The unstable, nightly-only Rust allocator_api
feature defines an Allocator
trait and exposes custom allocators for std
types. Bumpalo has a matching
allocator_api
cargo feature to enable implementing Allocator
and using
Bump
with std
collections. Note that, as feature(allocator_api)
is
unstable and only in nightly Rust, Bumpalo's matching allocator_api
cargo
feature should be considered unstable, and will not follow the semver
conventions that the rest of the crate does.
First, enable the allocator_api
feature in your Cargo.toml
:
[dependencies]
bumpalo = { version = "3", features = ["allocator_api"] }
Next, enable the allocator_api
nightly Rust feature in your src/lib.rs
or
src/main.rs
:
#![feature(allocator_api)]
Finally, use std
collections with Bump
, so that their internal heap
allocations are made within the given bump arena:
use bumpalo::Bump;
// Create a new bump arena.
let bump = Bump::new();
// Create a `Vec` whose elements are allocated within the bump arena.
let mut v = Vec::new_in(&bump);
v.push(0);
v.push(1);
v.push(2);
Using the Allocator
API on Stable Rust
You can enable the allocator-api2
Cargo feature and bumpalo
will use the
allocator-api2
crate to implement
the unstable nightlyAllocator
API on stable Rust. This means that
bumpalo::Bump
will be usable with any collection that is generic over
allocator_api2::Allocator
.
Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
This crate is guaranteed to compile on stable Rust 1.73 and up. It might compile with older versions but that may change in any new patch release.
We reserve the right to increment the MSRV on minor releases, however we will strive to only do it deliberately and for good reasons.