Memory Management via Dynamic Tiering Pools

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor, coupled to the memory, and configured to:
• initialize a first memory pool, wherein the first memory pool is associated with a first tier of memory pools;
• invoke a first function call, wherein the first function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the first memory pool;
• in response to the first function call, allocate a first memory element from a memory free store, for attachment to the first memory pool,
• wherein the first memory element has a first size, and
• wherein the memory free store is managed by an operating system running on the at least one processor;
• invoke a second function call, wherein the second function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the first memory pool;
• in response to the second function call, allocate a second memory element from the memory free store managed by the operating system, for attachment to the first memory pool, wherein the second memory element has a second size, and wherein the second size is different from the first size;
• initialize a second memory pool, wherein the second memory pool is associated with a second tier of memory pools;
• invoke a third function call, wherein the third function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the second memory pool;
• and
• in response to the third function call, reallocate the second memory element from the first memory pool, for attachment to the second memory pool.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• initializing a first memory pool, wherein the first memory pool is associated with a first tier of memory pools;
• invoking a first function call, wherein the first function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the first memory pool;
• in response to the first function call, allocating a first memory element from a memory free store, for attachment to the first memory pool, wherein the first memory element has a first size, and wherein the memory free store is managed by an operating system running on the at least one processor;
• invoking a second function call, wherein the second function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the first memory pool;
• in response to the second function call, allocating a second memory element from the memory free store managed by the operating system, for attachment to the first memory pool, wherein the second memory element has a second size, and wherein the second size is different from the first size;
• initializing a second memory pool, wherein the second memory pool is associated with a second tier of memory pools;
• invoking a third function call, wherein the third function call is configured to instruct the at least one processor to allocate memory to the second memory pool;
• and
• in response to the third function call, reallocating the second memory element from the first memory pool, for attachment to the second memory pool.