Applying an allocation policy to capture memory calls using a memory allocation capture library

Abstract

A technique is introduced for intercepting memory calls from a user-space application and applying an allocation policy to determine whether such calls are handled using volatile memory such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) or persistent memory (PMEM). In an example embodiment, memory calls from an application are intercepted by a memory allocation capture library. Such calls may be to a memory function such as malloc( ) and may be configured to cause a portion of DRAM to be allocated to the application to process a task. The memory allocation capture library then determines whether the intercepted call satisfies capture criteria associated with an allocation policy. If the intercepted call does satisfy the capture criteria, the call is processed to cause a portion of PMEM to be allocated to the application instead of DRAM.