[SPARK-11389] Add support for off-heap memory to MemoryManager

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: Spark Core
• Target Version/s: 1.6.0
• Assignee: Josh Rosen
• Reporter: Josh Rosen
• Created: 29/Oct/15 01:01
• Updated: 07/Nov/15 02:18
• Resolved: 07/Nov/15 02:18

Description

In order to lay the groundwork for proper off-heap memory support in SQL / Tungsten, we need to extend our MemoryManager to perform bookkeeping for off-heap memory.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #9344 (JoshRosen)