python · nascheme · Mar 30, 2021 · Jun 29, 2019 · Jun 29, 2019 · Jun 30, 2019
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+Add a radix tree based memory map to track in-use obmalloc arenas. Use to
+replace the old implementation of address_in_range(). The radix tree
+approach makes it easy to increase pool sizes beyond the OS page size.
+Boosting the pool and arena size allows obmalloc to handle a significantly
+higher percentage of requests from its ultra-fast paths.
+
+It also has the advantage of eliminating the memory unsanitary behavior of
+the previous address_in_range(). The old address_in_range() was marked with
+the annotations _Py_NO_SANITIZE_ADDRESS, _Py_NO_SANITIZE_THREAD, and
+_Py_NO_SANITIZE_MEMORY. Those annotations are no longer needed.
+
+To disable the radix tree map, set a preprocessor flag as follows:
+`-DWITH_PYMALLOC_RADIX_TREE=0`.
+
+Co-authored-by: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>