Linux/macOS: link mimalloc into executables; unify allocator helper

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ option(MESHLIB_BUILD_EXTRA_IO_FORMATS "Build extra IO format support library" ON
 option(MESHLIB_BUILD_MCP "Enable MCP server" ON)
 option(MESHLIB_BUILD_GENERATED_C_BINDINGS "Build C bindings (assuming they are already generated)" OFF)
 
+option(MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC "Use the mimalloc allocator for executables" ON)
+
 option(MESHLIB_BUILD_MRCUDA "Build MRCuda library" ON)
 option(MESHLIB_EXPERIMENTAL_HIP "(experimental) Use HIP toolkit for MRCuda library" OFF)
 IF(MR_EMSCRIPTEN OR APPLE)

cmake/Modules/ConfigureEmscripten.cmake

@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ string(JOIN " " MESHLIB_EMSCRIPTEN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
   "-s STACK_SIZE=1048576" # required for GDCM
 )
 
-option(MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC "Use mimalloc allocator (-s MALLOC=mimalloc) for Emscripten builds" ON)
-IF(MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC)
-  set(MESHLIB_EMSCRIPTEN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${MESHLIB_EMSCRIPTEN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -s MALLOC=mimalloc")
-ENDIF()
-
 IF(MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SINGLETHREAD)
   set(MESHLIB_EMSCRIPTEN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${MESHLIB_EMSCRIPTEN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -s ENVIRONMENT=web,node")
 ELSE()

cmake/Modules/Mimalloc.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# mr_enable_mimalloc(<target>) - enable the mimalloc allocator for an EXE target.
+# EXE-only; call unconditionally (it branches internally). Gated by MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC.
+# Verified by MRMesh.MimallocRedirectActive, which keys off the MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED
+# define this sets. MSBuild twin: MimallocRedirect.props.
+function(mr_enable_mimalloc target)
+  if(NOT MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC)
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if(EMSCRIPTEN)
+    target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE "-sMALLOC=mimalloc")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if(WIN32)
+    # mimalloc.dll must be the FIRST PE import (prepend) so its redirect beats
+    # ucrtbase; /INCLUDE:mi_version forces the import.
+    find_package(mimalloc CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    get_target_property(_existing_libs ${target} LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    if(NOT _existing_libs) # unset -> get_target_property yields ...-NOTFOUND
+      set(_existing_libs "")
+    endif()
+    set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY LINK_LIBRARIES mimalloc ${_existing_libs})
+    target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE "/INCLUDE:mi_version")
+  elseif(APPLE)
+    # macOS: static-link mimalloc via -force_load. brew's DYNAMIC mimalloc 3.x aborts
+    # at launch on macOS <= 13: an allocation during libSystem init hits mi_thread_init,
+    # which touches a thread-local before dyld can bootstrap it -> dyld abort. Static-
+    # linking ties mimalloc's init to this exe's own initializers (after libSystem),
+    # avoiding that early path.
+    find_package(mimalloc CONFIG QUIET)
+    if(TARGET mimalloc-static)
+      target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE "LINKER:-force_load,$<TARGET_FILE:mimalloc-static>")
+    else()
+      set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a") # function scope; not restored for the caller
+      find_library(MR_MIMALLOC_STATIC NAMES mimalloc REQUIRED)
+      target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE "LINKER:-force_load,${MR_MIMALLOC_STATIC}")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    # Linux: dynamic link engages the override (ubuntu24 via CONFIG; ubuntu22's
+    # libmimalloc-dev ships no config, so fall back to find_library).
+    find_package(mimalloc CONFIG QUIET)
+    if(TARGET mimalloc)
+      target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE mimalloc)
+    else()
+      find_library(MR_MIMALLOC_LIBRARY NAMES mimalloc REQUIRED)
+      target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE ${MR_MIMALLOC_LIBRARY})
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED)
+endfunction()

requirements/macos.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ libharu
 libpng
 libtiff
 libzip
+mimalloc
 ninja
 nlohmann-json
 opencascade

requirements/ubuntu.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ libgtk-3-dev
 libhidapi-dev
 libhpdf-dev
 libjsoncpp-dev
+libmimalloc-dev
 libocct-data-exchange-dev
 libpython3-dev
 libspdlog-dev

requirements/vcpkg-linux.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ libe57format
 libharu
 libjpeg-turbo
 libzip
+mimalloc[override]
 opencascade-minimal
 openctm
 openvdb

scripts/build_source.sh

@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ if [ "${MR_EMSCRIPTEN}" == "ON" ]; then
   EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT="${EMSDK}/upstream/emscripten"
 
   [[ ${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SIMD:=} ]] || export MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SIMD=1
-  [[ ${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC:=} ]] || export MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC=1
+  [[ ${MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC:=} ]] || export MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC=1
   MR_CMAKE_OPTIONS="${MR_CMAKE_OPTIONS} \
     -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/Platform/Emscripten.cmake \
     -D CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=${PWD} \
     -D MR_EMSCRIPTEN=1 \
     -D MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SINGLETHREAD=${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SINGLETHREAD} \
     -D MR_EMSCRIPTEN_WASM64=${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_WASM64} \
     -D MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SIMD=${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_SIMD} \
-    -D MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC=${MR_EMSCRIPTEN_MIMALLOC} \
+    -D MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC=${MESHLIB_USE_MIMALLOC} \
   "
 fi
 

source/MRTest/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ ELSE()
   )
 ENDIF()
 
-if(WIN32)
-  include(MimallocRedirect)
-  mr_win32_enable_mimalloc_redirect(${PROJECT_NAME})
-endif()
+include(Mimalloc)
+mr_enable_mimalloc(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 add_test(
   NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}

source/MRTest/MRMimallocRedirectTests.cpp

@@ -1,40 +1,59 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined( MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED )
+
+#include <MRMesh/MRMesh.h>
+#include <MRMesh/MRCube.h>
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <string_view>
 
-// mimalloc.h declares these as `bool`. Matching the actual return type is
-// critical: MSVC returns `bool` in the low byte of EAX, so reading the call
-// site as `int` picks up garbage in the upper 24 bits (e.g. -980287487).
-// Local Debug happened to zero those bits; Release CI didn't.
-extern "C" bool mi_is_redirected();
+// Declared here to avoid <mimalloc.h>. Return type MUST be bool, not int: MSVC
+// returns bool in AL, so an int read picks up garbage in the upper bits (broke Release CI).
 extern "C" bool mi_is_in_heap_region( const void* p );
+#ifdef _WIN32
+extern "C" bool mi_is_redirected();
+#endif
 
 namespace MR
 {
 
-// Verifies mimalloc's transparent CRT-allocator redirect engaged for this EXE.
-// Wired in MeshLib/source/MimallocRedirect.props (MSBuild) and
-// MeshLib/cmake/Modules/MimallocRedirect.cmake (CMake). Skipped when
-// MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT=1 (mimalloc's own runtime kill-switch).
+// Confirms mimalloc services real allocations, not just that the lib is linked.
+// Wired by Mimalloc.cmake (CMake) / MimallocRedirect.props (MSBuild) via the
+// MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED define. Each allocation below must land in a mimalloc region:
+// C malloc, C++ operator new, and an allocation made INSIDE MRMesh (cross-library -
+// the real goal, what the process-wide override must reach, esp. macOS two-level ns).
+// On Windows also asserts the redirect engaged; MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT=1 skips that.
 TEST( MRMesh, MimallocRedirectActive )
 {
+#ifdef _WIN32
     if ( const char* disable = std::getenv( "MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT" );
          disable && std::string_view( disable ) == "1" )
     {
         GTEST_SKIP() << "MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT=1; redirect intentionally disabled.";
     }
 
     EXPECT_TRUE( mi_is_redirected() );
+#endif
 
+    // C malloc, in this executable
     void* p = std::malloc( 64 );
     ASSERT_NE( p, nullptr );
     EXPECT_TRUE( mi_is_in_heap_region( p ) );
     std::free( p );
+
+    // C++ operator new, in this executable
+    int* q = new int[16];
+    EXPECT_TRUE( mi_is_in_heap_region( q ) );
+    delete[] q;
+
+    // cross-library: makeCube() fills points via operator new compiled into MRMesh,
+    // so its buffer must be a mimalloc region too (proves the override reaches the libs)
+    const Mesh cube = makeCube();
+    ASSERT_NE( cube.points.data(), nullptr );
+    EXPECT_TRUE( mi_is_in_heap_region( cube.points.data() ) );
 }
 
 } // namespace MR
 
-#endif // _WIN32
+#endif // MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED

source/MRViewerApp/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ ELSE()
   )
 ENDIF()
 
-if(WIN32)
-  include(MimallocRedirect)
-  mr_win32_enable_mimalloc_redirect(${PROJECT_NAME})
-endif()
+include(Mimalloc)
+mr_enable_mimalloc(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 install(
   TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}

source/MimallocRedirect.props

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     against either vcpkg snapshot without per-runner edits.
 
     Verified by MRTest's MRMesh.MimallocRedirectActive unit test (gated by
-    MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT env var). See also MimallocRedirect.cmake for the
-    CMake equivalent.
+    MIMALLOC_DISABLE_REDIRECT env var). See also Mimalloc.cmake (mr_enable_mimalloc).
   -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MimallocDebugLib Condition="Exists('$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\debug\lib\mimalloc-debug.dll.lib')">mimalloc-debug.dll.lib</MimallocDebugLib>
@@ -32,12 +31,20 @@
     <MimallocReleaseLib Condition="'$(MimallocReleaseLib)'=='' AND Exists('$(VcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)\lib\mimalloc.lib')">mimalloc.lib</MimallocReleaseLib>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- Marks this EXE mimalloc-linked so the engagement test compiles (cf. Mimalloc.cmake). -->
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(MimallocDebugLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <ForceSymbolReferences>mi_version;%(ForceSymbolReferences)</ForceSymbolReferences>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- Marks this EXE mimalloc-linked so the engagement test compiles (cf. Mimalloc.cmake). -->
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>MR_MIMALLOC_ENABLED;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(MimallocReleaseLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <ForceSymbolReferences>mi_version;%(ForceSymbolReferences)</ForceSymbolReferences>