Following from PR #2481, we replace all integer-to-pointer casts [which
hide pointer provenance information (and thus inhibit
optimizations)](https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/performance/no-int-to-ptr.html)
with equivalent operations that preserve this information. I have
enabled the corresponding clang-tidy check in our static analysis CI so
that we do not get bitten by this again in the future.
Adding guarded extents, which are regular extents surrounded by guard pages
(mprotected). To reduce syscalls, small guarded extents are cached as a
separate eset in ecache, and decay through the dirty / muzzy / retained pipeline
as usual.
Specifically, this change allows the default alloc hook to used during
arenas.create. One use case is to invoke the default alloc hook in a customized
hook arena, i.e. the default hooks can be read out of a default arena, then
create customized ones based on these hooks. Note that mixing the default with
customized hooks is not recommended, and should only be considered when the
customization is simple and straightforward.
Now that all merging go through try_acquire_edata_neighbor, the mergeablility
checks (including head state checking) are done before reaching the merge hook.
In other words, merge hook will never be called if the head state doesn't agree.
Check the is_head state before merging two extents. Disallow the merge if it's
crossing two separate mmap regions. This enforces first-fit (by not losing the
SN) at a very small cost.