Description :
LuaJIT FFI-based accelerator for map generators
This mod is an accelerator for Minetest map generators written in Lua. It accelerates the memory-intensive functions in LuaVoxelManip and PerlinNoiseMap, by adding an emulation layer on top of them that allows these functions to run faster.
It additionally prevents the usage of the extra LuaJIT memory needed to hold the data, leaving it in the C++ memory area, making it less likely that LuaJIT crashes due to memory problems.
There are cons, too. First, it works by implementing a sort of emulation layer, making the mod believe it's writing to a Lua table when it's actually writing to the C++ memory directly. In some circumstances, this could not work in the way it's designed to work, potentially leading to mod misbehaviour or even crashes (e.g. if the table is written to after removing the PerlinNoiseMap or VoxelManip object). Fortunately, these cases are expected to be rare. But be careful to only use mods that you trust, since that kind of access could be exploitable by a rogue mod.
Second, while it accelerates the functions that read and write the data back (by replacing these operations with just a simple setup of a metatable), the reading and writing of the table data will be slower, because it's redirected through a function that performs the access to the C++ memory after doing bounds checks.
Finally, for some mods like WorldEdit there may be no acceleration at all.
Result is :
Faster data retreiving and storing ;
Slower table access (essencially due to use of metatable avoiding mods code change) ;
Lower Lua memory footprint (avoiding many OOM errors) ;
ffi_accel => https://notabug.org/pgimeno/ffi_accel
If you want to patch the minetest 5.0.1 source code, and compile/install it on Ubuntu and Debian-based distros (don't forget dependencies) :
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git clone -b stable-5 https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git
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cd minetest/games/
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git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git
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cd ../
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wget https://notabug.org/pgimeno/ffi_accel/raw/master/ffi_accel.patch
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patch -p1 < ffi_accel.patch
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cmake . -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_LEVELDB=1 -DENABLE_REDIS=1 -DBUILD_CLIENT=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/minetest-server/5.0.1-ffi_accel
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make -j$(grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo)
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sudo make install
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sudo ln -s /opt/minetest-server/5.0.1-ffi_accel/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver_5.0.1-ffi_accel
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sudo minetestserver_5.0.1-ffi_accel --config /etc/minetest/minetest_5.0.1-ffi_accel.conf --logfile /var/log/minetest/minetest_5.0.1-ffi_accel.log
After that you can make a service :
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sudo adduser --quiet --system --home /var/games/minetest-server/5.0.1-ffi_accel --no-create-home --gecos "Minetest ffi_accel dedicated server 5.0.1" --ingroup games --force-badname Ubuntu-minetest
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sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/minetest-server_5.0.1-ffi_accel.service
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[Unit]
Description=Minetest multiplayer server minetest.conf server config
Documentation=man:minetestserver(6)
After=network.target
RequiresMountsFor=/var/games/minetest-server/5.0.1-ffi_accel/
[Service]
Restart=on-failure
User=Ubuntu-minetest
Group=games
ExecStart=/usr/bin/minetestserver_5.0.1-ffi_accel --config /etc/minetest/minetest_5.0.1-ffi_accel.conf --logfile /var/log/minetest/minetest_5.0.1-ffi_accel.log
StandardOutput=null
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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sudo nano /etc/init.d/minetest-server_5.0.1-ffi_accel
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#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: minetest-server
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start minetest network game server
# Description: dedicated game server for Minetest
### END INIT INFO
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
NAME="minetestserver_5.0.1-ffi_accel"
DAEMON="/usr/bin/$NAME"
DESC="minetest network game server"
PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
BINARY="/usr/bin//$NAME"
USER="Ubuntu-minetest"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
# Include defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/$NAME ] ; then
. /etc/default/$NAME
fi
minetest_start() {
start-stop-daemon \
--start \
--quiet \
--pidfile $PIDFILE \
--oknodo \
--background \
--exec $BINARY \
--startas $DAEMON \
--make-pidfile --chuid $USER \
-- $DAEMON_OPTS > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
return 0
}
minetest_stop() {
start-stop-daemon \
--stop \
--quiet \
--pidfile $PIDFILE \
--oknodo \
--exec $BINARY || return 1
rm -f $PIDFILE
return 0
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
minetest_start
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop)
log_begin_msg "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
minetest_stop
log_end_msg $?
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_begin_msg "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
minetest_stop && sleep 1 && minetest_start
log_end_msg $?
;;
status)
status_of_proc -p "$PIDFILE" "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
# echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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sudo systemctl enable minetest-server_5.0.1-ffi_accel
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sudo systemctl start minetest-server_5.0.1-ffi_accel
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tail -f /var/log/minetest/minetest_5.0.1-ffi_accel.log
After that, don't forget to get the mod too, installing it inside the "mods" folder, and enabling it inside the world.mt file.