2019-06-27 20:36:19 +00:00
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Testing allocators is difficult as bugs may only surface after particular
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allocation patterns. The main approach to testing _mimalloc_ is therefore
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to have extensive internal invariant checking (see `page_is_valid` in `page.c`
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2019-11-22 00:09:34 +00:00
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for example), which is enabled in debug mode with `-DMI_DEBUG_FULL=ON`.
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The main testing strategy is then to run [`mimalloc-bench`][bench] using full
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invariant checking to catch any potential problems over a wide range of intensive
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allocation benchmarks and programs.
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However, this does not test well for the entire API surface and this is tested
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with `test-api.c` when using `make test` (from `out/debug` etc). (This is
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not complete yet, please add to it.)
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The `main.c` and `main-override.c` are there to test if building and overriding
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from a local install works and therefore these build a separate `test/CMakeLists.txt`.
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[bench]: https://github.com/daanx/mimalloc-bench
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