gdcmarinho / smart-malloc

Memory management library using Machine Learning

Introduction

smart-malloc is a memory management library that uses overengineered and overheaded machine learning system to determine if it's a good idea to allocate or not a new memory block. It uses the sbrk() POSIX interface to allocate new memory.

Use Cases

As already mentioned, smart-malloc has no intention to be a memory management library for all purposes. It has a really overengineered and overheaded machine learning system that works to detect and decide when it's time to free some memory block and if it's acceptable to allocate a new memory block.

The main point of smart-malloc is for reasearch and debugging, so, the use in production scenarios should be avoided.

Usage

Clone the repository and copy the smart_malloc.c and smart_malloc.h inside your project. Import the headers file:

#include "smart_malloc.h"

and start using it:

smart_malloc(strlen("Hello World!\n") * 10);

Wiki

If you're lost, you'll probably like our wiki with a really detailed explanation about smart-malloc and memory management.

License

smart-malloc is open source and uses GPLv3. See the LICENSE file for more info.

smart-malloc's Issues

Add unit tests

Add smartFree

Improve block memory metadata with more useful properties

Add a module to manage exceptions

Add a statistical analysis module for memory block allocation and deallocation

To generate insights into when smart memory would be useful, we can consider some hypothetical scenarios:

1. Applications with Complex Memory Usage Patterns:
In applications with complex or unpredictable memory allocation patterns, intelligent memory could help identify and fix memory leaks or optimize resource allocation more efficiently.

2. Applications with Large Volumes of Data:
In applications that deal with large volumes of data or intensive processing, where every byte of memory is critical, memory optimization could have a significant impact on performance and scalability.

3. Critical or Long-Term Applications:
In critical applications, such as embedded systems or long-running servers, preventing memory leaks and optimizing memory usage can be essential to ensuring system stability and reliability over time.