Managing memory resource allocation for software applications

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• accessing, by a compiler, system configuration information describing memory resources of an execution computing environment, the memory resources being at least partially heterogeneous;
• accessing, by the compiler, source code for a software application to be executed in the execution computing environment, the source code comprising memory preference indicators for data items associated with the software application, the memory preference indicators indicating one or more preferred memory characteristics for storing the data items in association with execution of the software application;
• analyzing, by the compiler, the source code and the system configuration information to determine a mapping of the memory resources to the data items according to the memory preference indicators and system configuration information;
• and
• generating, by the compiler and according to the mapping, memory allocation metadata comprising memory placement guidance for the data items.

A computer system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing programming for execution by the one or more processors, the programming comprising instructions to:
• obtain first compiled code and associated first memory allocation metadata for a first software application, the first memory allocation metadata comprising first memory placement guidance for allocating memory resources to data items of the first software application, the first memory placement guidance having been determined according to memory preference indicators included in first source code of the first software application;
• determine available memory resources of the computer system, the available memory resources being at least partially heterogeneous;
• allocate the available memory resources to the data items of the first software application according to the first memory placement guidance of the first memory allocation metadata;
• and
• execute the first compiled code to run the first software application according to the allocation of the available memory resources to the data items of the first software application.