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Understanding the Go Runtime: The Scheduler
In the previous article we explored how Go’s memory allocator manages heap memory — grabbing large arenas from the OS, dividing them into spans and size classes, and using a three-level hierarchy (mcache, mcentral, mheap) to make most allocations lock-free. A key detail was that each P (processor) gets its own memory…
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Programming LanguagesSystems & Performance2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 9, 2026 | Understanding the Go Runtime: The Scheduler by valyala | 158 | 48 |
