Optimizing LLVM's bump allocator

· · June 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses LLVM's bump allocator, detailing its design and recent performance optimizations that enhance memory allocation efficiency. It includes an example of the fast path for memory allocation and mentions specific uses within LLVM projects such as Clang's ASTContext and lld's object pools.
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