Add message recommending environment variables for mimalloc

pika-org · Nov 3, 2022 · ad16114 · ad16114
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diff --git a/cmake/pika_setup_allocator.cmake b/cmake/pika_setup_allocator.cmake
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ if(NOT TARGET pika_dependencies_allocator)
         )
       endif()
       set(_use_custom_allocator TRUE)
+
+      pika_warn(
+        "pika is using mimalloc as the allocator. Typically, exporting the following environment variables will further improve performance: MIMALLOC_EAGER_COMMIT_DELAY=0 and MIMALLOC_LARGE_OS_PAGES=1."
+      )
     endif()
 
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