AK: Adopt mimalloc v2 as main allocator

Use mimalloc for Ladybird-owned allocations without overriding malloc().
Route kmalloc(), kcalloc(), krealloc(), and kfree() through mimalloc,
and put the embedded Rust crates on the same allocator via a shared
shim in AK/kmalloc.cpp.

This also lets us drop kfree_sized(), since it no longer used its size
argument. StringData, Utf16StringData, JS object storage, Rust error
strings, and the CoreAudio playback helpers can all free their AK-backed
storage with plain kfree().

Sanitizer builds still use the system allocator. LeakSanitizer does not
reliably trace references stored in mimalloc-managed AK containers, so
static caches and other long-lived roots can look leaked. Pass the old
size into the Rust realloc shim so aligned fallback reallocations can
move posix_memalign-backed blocks safely.

Static builds still need a little linker help. macOS app binaries need
the Rust allocator entry points forced in from liblagom-ak.a, while
static ELF links can pull in identical allocator shim definitions from
multiple Rust staticlibs. Keep the Apple -u flags and allow those
duplicate shim symbols for LibJS and LibRegex links on Linux and BSD.

AK/Bitmap.h

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
     Bitmap& operator=(Bitmap&& other)
     {
         if (this != &other) {
-            kfree_sized(m_data, size_in_bytes());
+            kfree(m_data);
             m_data = exchange(other.m_data, nullptr);
             m_size = exchange(other.m_size, 0);
         }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
     ~Bitmap()
     {
         if (m_is_owning) {
-            kfree_sized(m_data, size_in_bytes());
+            kfree(m_data);
         }
         m_data = nullptr;
     }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public:
             __builtin_memcpy(m_data, previous_data, previous_size_bytes);
             if ((previous_size % 8) != 0)
                 set_range(previous_size, 8 - previous_size % 8, default_value);
-            kfree_sized(previous_data, previous_size_bytes);
+            kfree(previous_data);
         }
     }
 

AK/BumpAllocator.h

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public:
                 munmap((void*)chunk, m_chunk_size);
 #endif
             } else {
-                kfree_sized((void*)chunk, m_chunk_size);
+                kfree((void*)chunk);
             }
         });
     }

AK/ByteBuffer.h

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
     {
         if (this != &other) {
             if (!m_inline)
-                kfree_sized(m_outline_buffer, m_outline_capacity);
+                kfree(m_outline_buffer);
             move_from(move(other));
         }
         return *this;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public:
     void clear()
     {
         if (!m_inline) {
-            kfree_sized(m_outline_buffer, m_outline_capacity);
+            kfree(m_outline_buffer);
             m_inline = true;
         }
         m_size = 0;
@@ -353,10 +353,9 @@ private:
     {
         // m_inline_buffer and m_outline_buffer are part of a union, so save the pointer
         auto* outline_buffer = m_outline_buffer;
-        auto outline_capacity = m_outline_capacity;
         if (!may_discard_existing_data)
             __builtin_memcpy(m_inline_buffer, outline_buffer, size);
-        kfree_sized(outline_buffer, outline_capacity);
+        kfree(outline_buffer);
         m_inline = true;
     }
 
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ private:
             __builtin_memcpy(new_buffer, data(), m_size);
         } else if (m_outline_buffer) {
             __builtin_memcpy(new_buffer, m_outline_buffer, min(new_capacity, m_outline_capacity));
-            kfree_sized(m_outline_buffer, m_outline_capacity);
+            kfree(m_outline_buffer);
         }
 
         m_outline_buffer = new_buffer;

AK/ByteStringImpl.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
 
     void operator delete(void* ptr)
     {
-        kfree_sized(ptr, allocation_size_for_stringimpl(static_cast<ByteStringImpl*>(ptr)->m_length));
+        kfree(ptr);
     }
 
     static ByteStringImpl& the_empty_stringimpl();

AK/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -77,12 +77,22 @@ target_link_libraries(AK PRIVATE FastFloat::fast_float)
 find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(AK PRIVATE fmt::fmt)
 
+set(MIMALLOC_VISIBILITY PRIVATE)
+if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set(MIMALLOC_VISIBILITY PUBLIC)
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(AK ${MIMALLOC_VISIBILITY} mimalloc)
+
 # FIXME: Make this generic for all imported shared library dependencies and apply globally
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RULES AND NOT "${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
     install(IMPORTED_RUNTIME_ARTIFACTS simdutf::simdutf
             LIBRARY COMPONENT Lagom_Runtime NAMELINK_COMPONENT Lagom_Development
             FRAMEWORK COMPONENT Lagom_Runtime
     )
+    install(IMPORTED_RUNTIME_ARTIFACTS mimalloc
+            LIBRARY COMPONENT Lagom_Runtime NAMELINK_COMPONENT Lagom_Development
+            FRAMEWORK COMPONENT Lagom_Runtime
+    )
 endif()
 
 if (WIN32)
@@ -108,6 +118,14 @@ elseif (APPLE)
         set(ASSERTION_HANDLER_VISIBILITY INTERFACE)
     endif()
     target_link_options(AK ${ASSERTION_HANDLER_VISIBILITY} LINKER:-U,_ak_assertion_handler)
+    if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        target_link_options(AK INTERFACE
+            LINKER:-u,_ladybird_rust_alloc
+            LINKER:-u,_ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed
+            LINKER:-u,_ladybird_rust_dealloc
+            LINKER:-u,_ladybird_rust_realloc
+        )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # Manually install AK headers

AK/FixedArray.h

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public:
             return;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < m_size; ++i)
             m_elements[i].~T();
-        kfree_sized(m_elements, storage_allocation_size(m_size));
+        kfree(m_elements);
         m_elements = nullptr;
     }
 

AK/HashTable.h

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public:
             }
         }
 
-        kfree_sized(m_buckets, size_in_bytes(capacity()));
+        kfree(m_buckets);
     }
 
     HashTable(HashTable const& other)
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ private:
         VERIFY(new_capacity >= size());
 
         auto* old_buckets = m_buckets;
-        auto old_buckets_size = size_in_bytes(capacity());
         Iterator old_iter = begin();
 
         auto* new_buckets = kcalloc(1, size_in_bytes(new_capacity));
@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ private:
             it->~T();
         }
 
-        kfree_sized(old_buckets, old_buckets_size);
+        kfree(old_buckets);
         return {};
     }
     void rehash(size_t new_capacity)

AK/StringData.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <AK/NonnullRefPtr.h>
 #include <AK/RefCounted.h>
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
+#include <AK/kmalloc.h>
 
 namespace AK::Detail {
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public:
         VERIFY(byte_count);
 
         auto capacity = allocation_size_for_string_data(byte_count);
-        void* slot = malloc(capacity);
+        void* slot = kmalloc(capacity);
         if (!slot)
             return Error::from_errno(ENOMEM);
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public:
         VERIFY(byte_count > MAX_SHORT_STRING_BYTE_COUNT);
 
         auto capacity = sizeof(StringData) + sizeof(StringData::SubstringData);
-        void* slot = malloc(capacity);
+        void* slot = kmalloc(capacity);
         if (!slot)
             return Error::from_errno(ENOMEM);
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public:
 
     void operator delete(void* ptr)
     {
-        free(ptr);
+        kfree(ptr);
     }
 
     ~StringData()

AK/Utf16StringData.cpp

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ namespace AK::Detail {
 
 NonnullRefPtr<Utf16StringData> Utf16StringData::create_uninitialized(StorageType storage_type, size_t code_unit_length)
 {
-    auto allocation_size = storage_type == Utf16StringData::StorageType::ASCII
+    auto allocation_size = allocation_size_for_string_data(storage_type == Utf16StringData::StorageType::ASCII, code_unit_length);
-        ? sizeof(Utf16StringData) + (sizeof(char) * code_unit_length)
-        : sizeof(Utf16StringData) + (sizeof(char16_t) * code_unit_length);
 
-    void* slot = malloc(allocation_size);
+    void* slot = kmalloc(allocation_size);
     VERIFY(slot);
 
     return adopt_ref(*new (slot) Utf16StringData(storage_type, code_unit_length));

AK/Utf16StringData.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <AK/StringView.h>
 #include <AK/Types.h>
 #include <AK/Utf16View.h>
+#include <AK/kmalloc.h>
 
 namespace AK::Detail {
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public:
 
     void operator delete(void* ptr)
     {
-        free(ptr);
+        kfree(ptr);
     }
 
     [[nodiscard]] ALWAYS_INLINE bool operator==(Utf16StringData const& other) const
@@ -130,6 +131,13 @@ private:
     template<typename ViewType>
     static NonnullRefPtr<Utf16StringData> create_from_code_point_iterable(ViewType const&);
 
+    [[nodiscard]] static constexpr size_t allocation_size_for_string_data(bool has_ascii_storage, size_t code_unit_length)
+    {
+        return has_ascii_storage
+            ? sizeof(Utf16StringData) + (sizeof(char) * code_unit_length)
+            : sizeof(Utf16StringData) + (sizeof(char16_t) * code_unit_length);
+    }
+
     [[nodiscard]] size_t calculate_code_point_length() const;
 
     // We store whether this string has ASCII or UTF-16 storage by setting the most significant bit of m_length_in_code_units

AK/Vector.h

@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ public:
     {
         clear_with_capacity();
         if (m_metadata.outline_buffer) {
-            kfree_sized(m_metadata.outline_buffer, m_capacity * sizeof(StorageType));
+            kfree(m_metadata.outline_buffer);
             m_metadata.outline_buffer = nullptr;
         }
         reset_capacity();
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ public:
             }
         }
         if (m_metadata.outline_buffer)
-            kfree_sized(m_metadata.outline_buffer, m_capacity * sizeof(StorageType));
+            kfree(m_metadata.outline_buffer);
         m_metadata.outline_buffer = new_buffer;
         m_capacity = new_capacity;
         update_metadata(); // We have *some* space, we just allocated it.

AK/kmalloc.cpp

@@ -68,4 +68,162 @@ nothrow_t const nothrow;
 
 }
 
+#else
+
+#    include <cstddef>
+#    include <cstring>
+
+#    if __has_feature(address_sanitizer) || defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__)
+// LeakSanitizer does not reliably trace references stored in mimalloc-managed
+// AK containers, so sanitizer builds fall back to the system allocator.
+#        define AK_USE_SYSTEM_ALLOCATOR_INSTRUMENTED 1
+#    else
+#        include <mimalloc.h>
+#    endif
+
+static bool allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(size_t alignment)
+{
+    return alignment > alignof(std::max_align_t);
+}
+
+#    ifdef AK_USE_SYSTEM_ALLOCATOR_INSTRUMENTED
+
+static void* aligned_alloc_with_system_allocator(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool zeroed)
+{
+    void* ptr = nullptr;
+    auto actual_size = size == 0 ? static_cast<size_t>(1) : size;
+    if (auto result = posix_memalign(&ptr, alignment, actual_size); result != 0)
+        return nullptr;
+    if (zeroed)
+        __builtin_memset(ptr, 0, actual_size);
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+void* ak_kcalloc(size_t count, size_t size)
+{
+    return calloc(count, size);
+}
+
+void* ak_kmalloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return malloc(size);
+}
+
+void* ak_krealloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
+{
+    return realloc(ptr, size);
+}
+
+size_t ak_kmalloc_good_size(size_t size)
+{
+    return size;
+}
+
+void ak_kfree(void* ptr)
+{
+    free(ptr);
+}
+
+extern "C" {
+void* ladybird_rust_alloc(size_t size, size_t alignment);
+void* ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(size_t size, size_t alignment);
+void ladybird_rust_dealloc(void* ptr, size_t alignment);
+void* ladybird_rust_realloc(void* ptr, size_t old_size, size_t new_size, size_t alignment);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_alloc(size_t size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return aligned_alloc_with_system_allocator(size, alignment, false);
+    return malloc(size);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(size_t size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return aligned_alloc_with_system_allocator(size, alignment, true);
+    return calloc(1, size);
+}
+
+extern "C" void ladybird_rust_dealloc(void* ptr, size_t)
+{
+    free(ptr);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_realloc(void* ptr, size_t old_size, size_t new_size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (!allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return realloc(ptr, new_size);
+
+    auto* new_ptr = aligned_alloc_with_system_allocator(new_size, alignment, false);
+    if (!new_ptr)
+        return nullptr;
+    if (ptr)
+        __builtin_memcpy(new_ptr, ptr, old_size < new_size ? old_size : new_size);
+    free(ptr);
+    return new_ptr;
+}
+
+#    else
+
+void* ak_kcalloc(size_t count, size_t size)
+{
+    return mi_calloc(count, size);
+}
+
+void* ak_kmalloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return mi_malloc(size);
+}
+
+void* ak_krealloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
+{
+    return mi_realloc(ptr, size);
+}
+
+size_t ak_kmalloc_good_size(size_t size)
+{
+    return mi_good_size(size);
+}
+
+void ak_kfree(void* ptr)
+{
+    mi_free(ptr);
+}
+
+extern "C" {
+void* ladybird_rust_alloc(size_t size, size_t alignment);
+void* ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(size_t size, size_t alignment);
+void ladybird_rust_dealloc(void* ptr, size_t alignment);
+void* ladybird_rust_realloc(void* ptr, size_t old_size, size_t new_size, size_t alignment);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_alloc(size_t size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return mi_malloc_aligned(size, alignment);
+    return mi_malloc(size);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(size_t size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return mi_zalloc_aligned(size, alignment);
+    return mi_zalloc(size);
+}
+
+extern "C" void ladybird_rust_dealloc(void* ptr, size_t)
+{
+    mi_free(ptr);
+}
+
+extern "C" void* ladybird_rust_realloc(void* ptr, size_t, size_t new_size, size_t alignment)
+{
+    if (allocation_needs_explicit_alignment(alignment))
+        return mi_realloc_aligned(ptr, new_size, alignment);
+    return mi_realloc(ptr, new_size);
+}
+
+#    endif
+
 #endif

AK/kmalloc.h

@@ -12,25 +12,43 @@
 #include <new>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#define kcalloc calloc
+#if defined(AK_OS_SERENITY)
-#define kmalloc malloc
+#    define kcalloc calloc
-#define kmalloc_good_size malloc_good_size
+#    define kfree free
+#    define kmalloc malloc
+#    define krealloc realloc
+#    define kmalloc_good_size malloc_good_size
+#else
+[[nodiscard]] void* ak_kcalloc(size_t count, size_t size);
+void ak_kfree(void* ptr);
+[[nodiscard]] void* ak_kmalloc(size_t size);
+[[nodiscard]] void* ak_krealloc(void* ptr, size_t size);
+[[nodiscard]] size_t ak_kmalloc_good_size(size_t size);
 
-inline void kfree_sized(void* ptr, size_t)
+[[nodiscard]] inline void* kcalloc(size_t count, size_t size)
 {
-    free(ptr);
+    return ak_kcalloc(count, size);
 }
 
-#ifndef AK_OS_SERENITY
+inline void kfree(void* ptr)
-#    include <AK/Types.h>
+{
-
+    ak_kfree(ptr);
-#    ifndef AK_OS_MACOS
+}
-extern "C" {
+
-inline size_t malloc_good_size(size_t size) { return size; }
+[[nodiscard]] inline void* kmalloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return ak_kmalloc(size);
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] inline void* krealloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
+{
+    return ak_krealloc(ptr, size);
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] inline size_t kmalloc_good_size(size_t size)
+{
+    return ak_kmalloc_good_size(size);
 }
-#    else
-#        include <malloc/malloc.h>
-#    endif
 #endif
 
 using std::nothrow;

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ if (WIN32)
     find_package(mman REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+find_package(mimalloc CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
 include(rust_crate)
 include(targets)
 

Cargo.toml

@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ ref_option = "deny"
 elidable_lifetime_names = "deny"
 unnested_or_patterns = "deny"
 borrow_as_ptr = "deny"
-explicit_iter_loop = "deny"
+explicit_iter_loop = "deny"

Libraries/LibGfx/Bitmap.cpp

@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Bitmap::Bitmap(BitmapFormat format, AlphaType alpha_type, IntSize size, BackingS
     VERIFY(!size_would_overflow(format, size));
     VERIFY(m_data);
     VERIFY(backing_store.size_in_bytes == size_in_bytes());
-    m_destruction_callback = [data = m_data, size_in_bytes = this->size_in_bytes()] {
+    m_destruction_callback = [data = m_data] {
-        kfree_sized(data, size_in_bytes);
+        kfree(data);
     };
 }
 

Libraries/LibJS/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ target_link_libraries(LibJS PUBLIC JSClangPlugin)
 
 import_rust_crate(MANIFEST_PATH Rust/Cargo.toml CRATE_NAME libjs_rust FFI_HEADER RustFFI.h)
 target_link_libraries(LibJS PRIVATE libjs_rust)
+if ((LINUX OR BSD) AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    # Rust staticlibs each carry the same allocator shim symbols. LibJS can
+    # pull in multiple crates' copies in static ELF links, but they all
+    # forward to the same ladybird_rust_* entry points in AK/kmalloc.cpp.
+    target_link_options(LibJS INTERFACE LINKER:--allow-multiple-definition)
+endif()
 
 # The Rust library and LibJS have a circular dependency (C++ calls Rust
 # entry points, Rust calls C++ callbacks). For static builds, merge the

Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/Object.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <AK/ByteString.h>
 #include <AK/QuickSort.h>
 #include <AK/TypeCasts.h>
+#include <AK/kmalloc.h>
 #include <LibJS/Bytecode/PropertyAccess.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/AbstractOperations.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/Accessor.h>
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ static constexpr u32 HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE = sizeof(Value);
 static Value* allocate_heap_named_storage(u32 capacity)
 {
     VERIFY(capacity > Object::INLINE_NAMED_PROPERTY_CAPACITY);
-    auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(malloc(HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE + capacity * sizeof(Value)));
+    auto allocation_size = HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE + capacity * sizeof(Value);
+    auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(kmalloc(allocation_size));
     VERIFY(raw);
     *reinterpret_cast<u32*>(raw) = capacity;
     return reinterpret_cast<Value*>(raw + HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE);
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ static Value* allocate_heap_named_storage(u32 capacity)
 
 static void free_heap_named_storage(Value* storage)
 {
-    free(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(storage) - HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE);
+    auto* raw = reinterpret_cast<u8*>(storage) - HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE;
+    kfree(raw);
 }
 
 static u32 heap_named_storage_capacity(Value* storage)
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ void Object::ensure_named_storage_capacity(u32 needed)
             new_storage[i] = Value();
         m_named_properties = new_storage;
     } else {
-        auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(realloc(
+        auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(krealloc(
             reinterpret_cast<u8*>(m_named_properties) - HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE,
             HEAP_STORAGE_HEADER_SIZE + new_capacity * sizeof(Value)));
         VERIFY(raw);
@@ -1703,7 +1706,9 @@ u32 Object::indexed_elements_capacity() const
 static Value* allocate_indexed_elements(u32 capacity)
 {
     // Layout: [u32 capacity] [u32 padding] [Value 0] [Value 1] ...
-    auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(malloc(sizeof(u64) + capacity * sizeof(Value)));
+    auto allocation_size = sizeof(u64) + capacity * sizeof(Value);
+    auto* raw = static_cast<u8*>(kmalloc(allocation_size));
+    VERIFY(raw);
     *reinterpret_cast<u32*>(raw) = capacity;
     *reinterpret_cast<u32*>(raw + sizeof(u32)) = 0; // padding
     auto* elements = reinterpret_cast<Value*>(raw + sizeof(u64));
@@ -1717,7 +1722,7 @@ static void deallocate_indexed_elements(Value* elements)
     if (!elements)
         return;
     auto* raw = reinterpret_cast<u8*>(elements) - sizeof(u64);
-    free(raw);
+    kfree(raw);
 }
 
 void Object::free_indexed_elements()

Libraries/LibJS/Rust/src/lib.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 //! - `bytecode/` — Bytecode generator, instruction types, and FFI
 //! - `scope_collector.rs` — Scope analysis
 
+#[path = "../../../RustAllocator.rs"]
+mod rust_allocator;
+
 /// Compile-time conversion of an ASCII string literal to `&'static [u16]`.
 ///
 /// Produces a static `[u16; N]` array, so comparisons like

Libraries/LibJS/RustIntegration.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/Utf16String.h>
 #include <AK/Utf16View.h>
+#include <AK/kmalloc.h>
 #include <LibGC/DeferGC.h>
 #include <LibJS/Bytecode/ClassBlueprint.h>
 #include <LibJS/Bytecode/Executable.h>
@@ -1005,7 +1006,7 @@ extern "C" void* rust_compile_regex(
     auto parsed_pattern = JS::parse_regex_pattern(pattern, is_unicode, is_unicode_sets);
     if (parsed_pattern.is_error()) {
         auto msg = MUST(String::formatted("RegExp compile error: {}", parsed_pattern.release_error().error));
-        auto* buf = static_cast<char*>(malloc(msg.byte_count() + 1));
+        auto* buf = static_cast<char*>(kmalloc(msg.byte_count() + 1));
         memcpy(buf, msg.bytes().data(), msg.byte_count());
         buf[msg.byte_count()] = '\0';
         *error_out = buf;
@@ -1050,7 +1051,7 @@ extern "C" void* rust_compile_regex(
     auto compiled = regex::ECMAScriptRegex::compile(pattern_str.bytes_as_string_view(), compile_flags);
     if (compiled.is_error()) {
         auto msg = MUST(String::formatted("RegExp compile error: {}", compiled.release_error()));
-        auto* buf = static_cast<char*>(malloc(msg.byte_count() + 1));
+        auto* buf = static_cast<char*>(kmalloc(msg.byte_count() + 1));
         memcpy(buf, msg.bytes().data(), msg.byte_count());
         buf[msg.byte_count()] = '\0';
         *error_out = buf;
@@ -1067,7 +1068,7 @@ extern "C" void rust_free_compiled_regex(void* ptr)
 
 extern "C" void rust_free_error_string(char const* str)
 {
-    free(const_cast<char*>(str));
+    kfree(const_cast<char*>(str));
 }
 
 extern "C" size_t rust_number_to_utf16(double value, uint16_t* buffer, size_t buffer_len)

Libraries/LibMedia/Audio/PlaybackStreamAudioUnit.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <AK/ScopeGuard.h>
 #include <AK/SourceLocation.h>
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
+#include <AK/kmalloc.h>
 #include <LibCore/ThreadedPromise.h>
 #include <LibMedia/Audio/PlaybackStreamAudioUnit.h>
 #include <LibThreading/Mutex.h>
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class CoreAudioPropertyValue {
 public:
     static ErrorOr<CoreAudioPropertyValue<T>> create(u32 size)
     {
-        auto ptr = reinterpret_cast<T*>(malloc(size));
+        auto ptr = reinterpret_cast<T*>(kmalloc(size));
         if (ptr == nullptr)
             return Error::from_errno(ENOMEM);
         return CoreAudioPropertyValue<T>(ptr, size);
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public:
     }
     ~CoreAudioPropertyValue()
     {
-        free(m_ptr);
+        kfree(m_ptr);
     }
 
     u32 size() const { return m_size; }
@@ -471,8 +472,8 @@ ErrorOr<ChannelMap> audio_channel_layout_to_channel_map(AudioChannelLayout const
                 &explicit_layout_size));
             VERIFY(explicit_layout_size >= sizeof(AudioChannelLayout));
 
-            auto* explicit_layout = reinterpret_cast<AudioChannelLayout*>(malloc(explicit_layout_size));
+            auto* explicit_layout = reinterpret_cast<AudioChannelLayout*>(kmalloc(explicit_layout_size));
-            ScopeGuard free_explicit_layout { [&] { free(explicit_layout); } };
+            ScopeGuard free_explicit_layout { [&] { kfree(explicit_layout); } };
 
             AU_TRY(AudioFormatGetProperty(
                 kAudioFormatProperty_ChannelLayoutForTag,

Libraries/LibRegex/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ target_link_libraries(LibRegex PRIVATE LibUnicode)
 
 import_rust_crate(MANIFEST_PATH Rust/Cargo.toml CRATE_NAME libregex_rust FFI_HEADER RustFFI.h)
 target_link_libraries(LibRegex PRIVATE libregex_rust)
+if ((LINUX OR BSD) AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    target_link_options(LibRegex INTERFACE LINKER:--allow-multiple-definition)
+endif()

Libraries/LibRegex/Rust/src/lib.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#[path = "../../../RustAllocator.rs"]
+mod rust_allocator;
+
 pub mod ast;
 pub mod bytecode;
 pub mod compiler;

Libraries/LibUnicode/Rust/src/lib.rs

@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#[path = "../../../RustAllocator.rs"]
+mod rust_allocator;
+
 pub mod calendar;

Libraries/RustAllocator.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026-present, the Ladybird developers.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+use std::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout};
+
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    fn ladybird_rust_alloc(size: usize, alignment: usize) -> *mut u8;
+    fn ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(size: usize, alignment: usize) -> *mut u8;
+    fn ladybird_rust_dealloc(ptr: *mut u8, alignment: usize);
+    fn ladybird_rust_realloc(
+        ptr: *mut u8,
+        old_size: usize,
+        new_size: usize,
+        alignment: usize,
+    ) -> *mut u8;
+}
+
+struct LadybirdAllocator;
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static LADYBIRD_ALLOCATOR: LadybirdAllocator = LadybirdAllocator;
+
+unsafe impl GlobalAlloc for LadybirdAllocator {
+    unsafe fn alloc(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe { ladybird_rust_alloc(layout.size(), layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe { ladybird_rust_alloc_zeroed(layout.size(), layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout) {
+        unsafe { ladybird_rust_dealloc(ptr, layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn realloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout, new_size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe { ladybird_rust_realloc(ptr, layout.size(), new_size, layout.align()) }
+    }
+}

Meta/CMake/flatpak/org.ladybird.Ladybird.json

@@ -653,6 +653,29 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "mimalloc",
+      "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
+      "sources": [
+        {
+          "type": "git",
+          "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc.git",
+          "tag": "v2.2.7"
+        }
+      ],
+      "config-opts": [
+        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
+        "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/app",
+        "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib",
+        "-DMI_BUILD_OBJECT=OFF",
+        "-DMI_BUILD_TESTS=OFF",
+        "-DMI_BUILD_STATIC=OFF",
+        "-DMI_BUILD_SHARED=ON",
+        "-DMI_INSTALL_TOPLEVEL=ON",
+        "-DMI_OVERRIDE=OFF",
+        "-DMI_USE_CXX=ON"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "name": "Ladybird",
       "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",

vcpkg.json

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
       "name": "mman",
       "platform": "windows"
     },
+    "mimalloc",
     "openssl",
     {
       "name": "pthread",
@@ -309,6 +310,10 @@
       "name": "libxml2",
       "version": "2.13.8#1"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "mimalloc",
+      "version": "2.2.7"
+    },
     {
       "name": "mman",
       "version": "git-f5ff813#5"