ADFA-4979: Remove SQLite mmap after benchmarking found no benefit - #1673
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64-bit processes now map documentation.db into memory via PRAGMA mmap_size, sized to the whole file, so reads go through the OS's virtual memory instead of repeated read() syscalls. 32-bit processes are skipped (too little address space). Always logs the outcome at INFO. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfigurator.kt (2)
5-5: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse SLF4J logging.
Replace
android.util.LogwithLoggerFactory. This new Kotlin code must use structured SLF4J placeholders.As per coding guidelines: “Use SLF4J LoggerFactory rather than android.util.Log, structured placeholders, appropriate log levels, and no secrets, PII, file contents, or full request bodies.”
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19-19: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd KDoc for
configureMmap.Document the 32-bit no-op behavior, the requested-size calculation, and that the function executes SQLite pragmas on the supplied connection.
As per coding guidelines: “Public classes, functions, and non-obvious logic must have KDoc or Javadoc documenting contracts, rationale, threading, nullability, side effects, or units.”
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45-56: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winTest both process-bitness branches.
This test verifies only the branch for the device that runs it. A 64-bit run does not verify the 32-bit no-op path. A 32-bit run does not verify file-sized mmap. Add an internal test seam for process bitness and force both outcomes.
As per coding guidelines: “Use unit tests for non-UI logic, cover error and edge paths, and target at least 50% line and branch coverage for new or changed non-UI code.”
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In `@common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfigurator.kt`:
- Around line 27-33: Update the mmap configuration flow around requestedSize and
actualSize so SQLiteException from either PRAGMA operation is caught, logged,
and does not propagate; continue using the already opened database and preserve
the existing successful configuration behavior.
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`@common/src/androidTest/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest.kt`:
- Around line 45-56: Update SqliteMmapConfigurator and
setsMmapSizeToFileSize_on64BitProcess_elseLeavesItUnchanged to use an internal
injectable or overridable process-bitness seam, then force both 64-bit and
32-bit outcomes within the test. Assert that the 64-bit branch sets mmap size to
dbFile.length() and the 32-bit branch preserves mmapSizeBeforeCall, restoring
the seam afterward to avoid test leakage.
In `@common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfigurator.kt`:
- Line 5: Replace android.util.Log in the SqliteMmapConfigurator implementation
with an SLF4J logger created through LoggerFactory, and update its logging calls
to use appropriate levels and structured placeholders without exposing sensitive
data.
- Line 19: Add KDoc to the public configureMmap function documenting its 32-bit
no-op behavior, requested-size calculation, and execution of SQLite pragmas on
the supplied database connection.
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Catch SQLiteException around the mmap_size PRAGMA calls so a failure there degrades to a logged warning instead of propagating out of SqliteMmapConfigurator -- previously it could abort a tooltip lookup (caught by ToolTipManager's outer catch) or fail WebServer.start() entirely (mislabeled as "Cannot open database"). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfigurator.kt`:
- Line 43: Replace the Android Log warning in the mmap configuration error
handling with the module’s SLF4J LoggerFactory logger, using structured
placeholders and a sanitized database identifier rather than the full dbPath or
interpolated exception message; preserve warning-level logging and avoid
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Root cause found via on-device testing: PRAGMA mmap_size=N returns the granted size as a result row, and Android's SQLiteDatabase.execSQL() rejects any statement that returns data -- it threw SQLiteException on every call, silently breaking WebServer's help content (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED) and tooltips. Switched to rawQuery(), which both sets and reads the result in one call. Also, from a second code review pass: - Broaden the catch to Exception so any failure in this best-effort path (not just SQLiteException) degrades to a warning instead of breaking the caller. - Log a warning instead of a false "Enabled mmap" success line when SQLite grants 0 bytes. - Match the androidTest's DB open mode to production's OPEN_READONLY. - Add JVM unit tests covering the exception-swallowing behavior. - Guard the androidTest's tearDown against an uninitialized lateinit. - Document the new mmap step in documentation-database.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 30-31: Update the comment near the test setup to state that it
matches the two mmap-configured read-only callers, rather than every production
caller. In docs/documentation-database.md lines 72-72, clarify that WebServer
and ToolTipManager request mmap for the file size, while SQLite may grant a
smaller mapping or disable mmap.
In `@common/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfigurator.kt`:
- Around line 9-15: Add function-level KDoc for the public configureMmap
function, documenting that db must be open, the operation performs synchronous
file and SQLite I/O, it does not close db, and PRAGMA failures are handled on a
best-effort basis.
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`@common/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest.kt`:
- Around line 12-14: Migrate SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest from JUnit 4 annotations
and lifecycle APIs to JUnit Jupiter, replacing org.junit imports with the
corresponding Jupiter equivalents. Use Truth assertions to explicitly verify the
no-throw result, and use MockK only if mocking is required by the test.
- Around line 21-58: Add concise KDoc to the public class
SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest and every public lifecycle and test function in
common/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest.kt
(lines 21-58) and
common/src/androidTest/java/com/itsaky/androidide/utils/SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest.kt
(lines 15-67); apply the same documentation requirement to both test
declarations and their functions.
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Log through SLF4J instead of android.util.Log, per REVIEW.md - structured
{} placeholders, and the throwable passed as the last arg rather than
interpolating e.message. The db path stays in the message; it is an
app-internal files/ path, and naming it is the point of the ticket's
"emit an INFO log line to indicate what happened".
Document configureMmap()'s contract: db must be open and is left open,
the call does synchronous file and SQLite IO, and every failure mode is
best effort.
Fix a documentation-database.md contradiction the review caught - it
claimed all three call sites open OPEN_READONLY while simultaneously
noting PluginDocumentationManager opens read-write. Only WebServer and
ToolTipManager are read-only, and they are also the only two that
configure mmap. Also state that SQLite may grant less than the requested
size, or nothing. The androidTest comment carried the same error.
The JVM test drops its android.util.Log mocking, which the SLF4J switch
made unnecessary, and now asserts the no-throw contract explicitly with
Truth instead of leaning on verify { Log.w(...) }. It stays on JUnit 4:
useJUnitPlatform() is configured only in gradle-plugin, so a Jupiter
test in common would silently never run.
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Review of PR #1673 found that ToolTipManager.getTooltip() opens and closes a connection per tooltip, so configureMmap() charged an mmap()/munmap() of the whole ~200 MB file plus a PRAGMA round trip to replace two small indexed queries' worth of read(). mmap only amortizes across a long-lived connection, so that call is likely a net slowdown of the exact path the ticket set out to speed up. Removed it; WebServer, which holds its connection open, keeps it. Also from that review: - Return early when the file reports a length of 0. PRAGMA mmap_size=0 is how SQLite *disables* mmap, so the old code turned it off on an unstattable path and then blamed SQLite for granting nothing - the opposite of the documented "does nothing on failure" contract. - Record that the PRAGMA binds to the connection, not the SQLiteDatabase. That is invisible only because Android caps the pool at one connection for a non-WAL database. - The androidTest asserted an exact grant, which is stronger than the contract: SQLite clamps to SQLITE_MAX_MMAP_SIZE and grants nothing when built with it set to 0. Assert "at most the request" instead, keeping the exact-match check for the non-zero case, and stop reading column 0 of a possibly empty PRAGMA cursor. - WebServerTest's android.util.Log stubs became dead when configureMmap moved to slf4j, and their comment claimed they were load-bearing. RSS growth from mapping the whole file, and mmap turning I/O errors into an uncatchable SIGBUS, are both real but are properties of the design the ticket specifies. Folded into ADFA-5136 to measure rather than changed here. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Y4t7fFLNPJq9EiXr9S9LxF
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- Around line 48-53: Update configureMmapFailingWith so db.path points to a
non-empty temporary file, ensuring SqliteMmapConfigurator.configureMmap reaches
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The zero-length guard added in a5224b5 broke the tests that motivated it. configureMmapFailingWith pointed db.path at "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/nonexistent/documentation.db", so File(dbPath).length() returned 0, configureMmap returned early, and db.rawQuery -- the call whose thrown exception is the entire point of both tests -- was never reached. Both kept passing, for the wrong reason. Point the mock at a real, non-empty temp file so the PRAGMA is actually attempted, and verify rawQuery was called so this cannot regress silently again. Confirmed the check bites: with a zero-length file both tests fail on the missing call, and with content both pass. Found by CodeRabbit on PR #1673. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Y4t7fFLNPJq9EiXr9S9LxF
ADFA-5136 measured this change on an arm64 device (Note 20 Ultra, Android 13)
across every axis the reviewers asked about, and mmap did not improve read time
in any configuration:
- 200 small Kotlin stdlib pages: medians converged at ~8.4ms with mmap off,
capped at 32 MB, and mapping the whole file. mmap was slightly *worse* on the
first pass, which is the mapping setup plus first-touch faults.
- 7 PDFs up to 9.8 MB: 30-44ms medians, no arm ahead.
- A sustained 3000-page walk serving 116 MB: 6.1-6.5ms medians in all arms.
- page_size 1024 vs 2048: no difference either, which is the clearest evidence
that IO is not the bottleneck. Doubling the page size halves the page count,
and so roughly halves the read() calls per row, and moved medians by 0.04ms.
What dominates is Brotli decode plus Pebble rendering.
Mapping the whole file did have one measurable effect: about 100 MB of resident
mapped pages after a single walk touching roughly a tenth of the corpus, since
mapped pages bypass the pager cache and sit outside cache_size's bound. Those
pages are clean and file-backed, so the kernel reclaims them under pressure
rather than the process being killed -- the cost is fault and reclaim churn, not
an OOM risk. Still a cost with nothing on the other side of the ledger.
So the whole facility goes: the configurator, its unit and instrumented tests,
the WebServer call sites, and the WebServerTest stub of Process.is64Bit() that
only existed because configureMmap() read it. The tooltip-path comment goes too,
since it explained why that path avoided a facility that no longer exists.
Kept from this branch: the correction that PluginDocumentationManager opens the
database OPEN_READWRITE, which the docs previously denied outright ("no writes,
ever"), and a note recording that mmap was measured and rejected so the next
person does not rebuild it. The benchmark scaffolding was deliberately not
retained; ADFA-5136 records the method.
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WalkthroughThe database documentation now identifies read-only and read-write database callers. It also records why SQLite memory-mapped I/O is disabled. ChangesSQLite database documentation
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| All three sites below open the file with `SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(..., OPEN_READONLY)` — no writes, ever, from this app (see ADR 0001 for why raw SQLite is justified here instead of Room). | ||
| The two read paths below — `WebServer` and `ToolTipManager` — open the file with `SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(..., OPEN_READONLY)`; only `PluginDocumentationManager` opens it `OPEN_READWRITE`, to merge in plugin-contributed content (see ADR 0001 for why raw SQLite is justified here instead of Room). | ||
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| None of them enable SQLite's memory-mapped IO. It was implemented and benchmarked under ADFA-4979, then removed: ADFA-5136 measured it on an arm64 device across small random page reads, large PDFs, and a sustained 3000-page walk, at both 1 KB and 2 KB page sizes, and found no read-time improvement in any configuration — response time is dominated by Brotli decode and Pebble rendering, not by `read()`. Mapping the whole file did cost about 100 MB of resident mapped pages during a single walk touching roughly a tenth of the corpus, since mapped pages sit outside `cache_size`'s bound. Don't re-add it without a measurement that contradicts those numbers; if it ever returns, cap the request rather than mapping the whole file, and note that I/O errors against a mapped file surface as an uncatchable SIGBUS rather than a `SQLiteException`. |
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When using memory-mapped I/O (mmap) in SQLite, an invalid page access—typically caused by the database file or its associated shared-memory (-shm) file being truncated or modified by another process while a reader is accessing it—results in the operating system raising a SIGBUS signal [1][2][3]. Because SQLite is a library running within the application's address space, it cannot catch this hardware-level signal, which invariably leads to an immediate process crash [1][4]. Key technical details regarding this behavior include: 1. Root Cause: The SIGBUS signal occurs because the application attempts to access a memory address that corresponds to a part of the file that no longer exists or is no longer mapped [3]. This commonly happens during concurrent operations (e.g., a VACUUM, checkpoint, or manual file deletion) where the file size is reduced while another process is still reading from the memory-mapped region [3]. 2. Android-Specific Context: In Android environments, SQLite uses memory-mapped files for both database access and WAL (Write-Ahead Logging) shared-memory management [5][2]. Android has historically implemented patches (such as replacing ftruncate with fallocate in unixShmMap) to mitigate crashes caused by disk-full scenarios in WAL mode [6][7]. However, these do not eliminate the risk of SIGBUS if files are abruptly truncated or manipulated by external processes [8][9][3]. 3. Mitigation Strategies: - Avoid External File Manipulation: Ensure that no external processes or application-level code delete or truncate database files, -wal files, or -shm files while SQLite connections remain open [8][9]. - Serialize Maintenance: Avoid running operations that shrink the database (like VACUUM) while read-heavy processes are active [3]. - Disable mmap: If your application cannot tolerate the risk of SIGBUS crashes from unpredictable environmental factors, consider disabling memory-mapped I/O by setting PRAGMA mmap_size=0, which forces SQLite to use standard read/write system calls that return catchable error codes rather than raising signals [1][10][4]. SQLite documentation emphasizes that memory-mapped I/O is disabled by default specifically because of these inherent risks associated with I/O errors and process signals [1][10].
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- 2: https://sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html
- 3: https://www.productionhardening.org/wal-optimization-concurrency-tuning/memory-mapped-io-configuration/
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When using memory-mapped I/O in SQLite, a SIGBUS error occurs if an I/O error happens on a memory-mapped file [1][2]. Because these errors occur outside of SQLite's direct control, they cannot be handled or caught by the SQLite library itself [1][2]. Instead, the operating system raises a signal that, if not specifically caught and handled by the application, will result in the program crashing [1][2]. Key points regarding SIGBUS and SQLite memory-mapped I/O: - Error Handling Limitations: SQLite relies on the operating system for memory mapping. If an I/O error occurs while accessing these mapped regions, it triggers a hardware or OS-level exception (SIGBUS on many Unix-like systems) rather than a standard return code that SQLite can process [1][2]. - Unified Buffer Cache Requirement: Memory-mapped I/O requires the operating system to have a properly functioning, unified buffer cache [1][2]. Issues with this cache, or situations where multiple processes access the same file with different mmap configurations, can lead to instability or database corruption [1][2]. - Prevention: SQLite addresses potential mapping failures through its xFetch mechanism [1][2]. If the operating system cannot map a requested page into the application's address space, xFetch returns a NULL pointer, and SQLite silently falls back to using the safer, standard xRead method [1][2]. - Platform Constraints: On certain platforms, such as OpenBSD, memory-mapped I/O is disabled by default because the operating system lacks the necessary unified buffer cache support [1][2]. Additionally, developers can configure or disable memory mapping entirely using the SQLITE_MAX_MMAP_SIZE compile-time macro or the mmap_size PRAGMA [1][2].
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site:sqlite.org "SIGBUS" "mmap" SQLite
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A SIGBUS error in an application using SQLite with memory-mapped I/O (mmap) typically occurs when a process attempts to access a memory-mapped region of a file that has been truncated or is otherwise inaccessible, causing the operating system to send a bus error signal (SIGBUS) [1][2][3]. In the context of SQLite, this most frequently involves the *-shm (shared memory) file used in WAL (Write-Ahead Logging) mode [1][3]. The following scenarios are common causes: File Truncation: If a process maps the -shm file into memory and another process concurrently truncates that file (e.g., during database closure or due to incorrect file handling), the mapping becomes invalid [1][2][3]. Accessing the now-missing portion of the file triggers the SIGBUS [1][3]. Insufficient Disk Space: On some operating systems, pages of a memory-mapped file are not physically allocated until they are first accessed [3]. If the disk runs out of space at the moment of access, the system may trigger a SIGBUS instead of returning a standard I/O error [3]. Network Filesystem Issues: If the database resides on a network filesystem (like NFS or SMB), temporary network disruptions or filesystem-level errors can render the memory-mapped region inaccessible, resulting in a SIGBUS [3]. To minimize or prevent these errors: Ensure robust file handling: Avoid manually deleting or truncating database files (.db, *-wal, *-shm) while SQLite connections are active [1][4]. SQLite manages these files automatically [1]. Use local storage: Avoid hosting SQLite databases on network filesystems prone to intermittent connectivity or I/O failures [3]. Configure mmap settings: Use the PRAGMA mmap_size statement to control memory-mapped I/O usage [5]. While this does not prevent external file truncation, it allows you to manage how much of the database file is mapped [5]. If you encounter this issue, inspect whether the *-shm file is being unexpectedly modified, truncated, or if the underlying storage is experiencing I/O errors [1][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://sqlite.org/forum/info/b484895ced6471d6
- 2: https://sqlite.org/forum/info/744d5257b64f16282f3c459f9a1ab55bebdbe616c3afad988bb74b150a33d9a7
- 3: https://sqlite.org/forum/info/f50b8e95bd4f97f0
- 4: https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/9942f366447cd3f18c34d95b4b56ef4f3e66c7baeca259e30ac8c124cff74f94
- 5: https://sqlite.org/pragma.html
🏁 Script executed:
python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
from html.parser import HTMLParser
url = "https://www.sqlite.org/mmap.html"
html = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10).read().decode("utf-8")
class Text(HTMLParser):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.parts = []
def handle_data(self, data):
self.parts.append(data)
p = Text()
p.feed(html)
text = "\n".join(line.strip() for line in "".join(p.parts).splitlines() if line.strip())
for i, line in enumerate(text.splitlines()):
if "SIGBUS" in line or "I/O error" in line or "xFetch" in line or "xRead" in line:
print("\n".join(text.splitlines()[max(0, i-3):i+5]))
print("---")
PYRepository: appdevforall/CodeOnTheGo
Length of output: 2448
Qualify the mapped-file failure warning.
Line 74 should distinguish access-time errors from mapping failures. An I/O error while accessing a mapped page can raise SIGBUS and may terminate the process instead of being reported as a SQLiteException; failed page mapping can fall back to xRead.
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In `@docs/documentation-database.md` at line 74, Update the SQLite memory-mapped
I/O documentation to distinguish mapped-page access errors, which may raise
SIGBUS instead of SQLiteException, from mapping failures, which can fall back to
xRead.
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Summary
This PR now does the opposite of what it originally did. ADFA-4979 added SQLite memory-mapped IO for
documentation.db; reviewers asked for numbers before shipping it; ADFA-5136 measured it and found no benefit. So the feature is removed rather than merged.SqliteMmapConfigurator, its unit test, and its instrumented test.WebServercall sites (main open and debug-override reopen) and the import.Process.is64Bit()stub fromWebServerTest, which existed only becauseconfigureMmap()read it.ToolTipManagerexplaining why that path skipped mmap — it described avoiding a facility that no longer exists.Why
Measured on a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra (Android 13, arm64), comparing mmap off, capped at 32 MB, and mapping the whole file:
page_size1024 vs 2048The page-size result is the clearest evidence that IO is not the bottleneck: doubling the page size halves the page count, and so roughly halves the
read()calls per row, and changed nothing. Response time is dominated by Brotli decode plus Pebble rendering.Mapping the whole file did have one measurable effect — about 100 MB of resident mapped pages after a single walk touching roughly a tenth of the corpus, since mapped pages bypass the pager cache and sit outside
cache_size's bound. Those pages are clean and file-backed, so the kernel reclaims them under pressure rather than the process being killed; the cost is fault and reclaim churn, not an OOM risk. Still a cost with nothing on the other side of the ledger.What this PR now contains
A 3-line docs change, which is everything from the original work worth keeping:
stageclaims all three sites open the databaseOPEN_READONLY— "no writes, ever, from this app" — butPluginDocumentationManager.kt:38opens itOPEN_READWRITEto merge plugin-contributed content. That premise is what makes the debug-DB SIGBUS hazard and the two divergent chunk-numbering pipelines (ADFA-5171) easy to miss.Test plan
:common:compileV8DebugKotlin,:idetooltips:compileV8DebugKotlin,:app:compileV8DebugKotlinsucceedWebServerTestpasses without the mmap stub — 2 tests, 0 failuresSqliteMmapConfiguratororconfigureMmapanywhere in the treeJira: https://appdevforall.atlassian.net/browse/ADFA-4979
Benchmark results: https://appdevforall.atlassian.net/browse/ADFA-5136
Raised while benchmarking: ADFA-5171 (chunked rows numbered from
-2break reassembly), ADFA-5172 (WebServer stalls ~1 s about every 2 s under load), ADFA-5174 (StreetComplete will not build on device).Original description, superseded — mmap enablement
Summary
SqliteMmapConfigurator: on 64-bit processes, setsPRAGMA mmap_sizeto the documentation.db file size (https://sqlite.org/mmap.html) so reads go through the OS's virtual memory instead of repeatedread()syscalls; on 32-bit processes it's a no-op (too little address space). Always logs the outcome at INFO.documentation.dbopen sites:ToolTipManager.ktandWebServer.kt(main open + debug-override reopen).PluginDocumentationManager.kt's read-write open is intentionally left untouched — writes always take SQLite's slow path, so mmap buys nothing there.Test plan
:common:compileV8DebugKotlin,:idetooltips:compileV8DebugKotlin,:app:compileV8DebugKotlinsucceed:app:testV8DebugUnitTest,:common:testV8DebugUnitTest,:idetooltips:testV8DebugUnitTestpass (updatedWebServerTestto stubProcess.is64Bit()/Log.i(), now exercised by the new call)SqliteMmapConfiguratorTest(androidTest, real file-backed SQLite) added; compiles clean, not yet run on a devicespotlessApplycleanNote: mmap was later dropped from the
ToolTipManagerpath in a5224b5, before the whole feature was removed.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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