Add jemalloc to your Python Docker images
Based on this blog post, which claims to reduce in 40% the memory usage when using jemalloc, I am bringing an alternative for those who use Docker in production.
In your Dockerfile, before your CMD, add this RUN command and the LD_PRELOAD.
The LDPRELOAD is important because it allows replacing all calls of _malloc and free by jemalloc ones.
jemalloc is a general purpose malloc(3) implementation that emphasizes fragmentation avoidance and scalable concurrency support. jemalloc first came into use as the FreeBSD libc allocator in 2005, and since then it has found its way into numerous applications that rely on its predictable behavior.
FROM python:3.10-slim AS base
...
FROM base
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libjemalloc2
ENV LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2
ENTRYPOINT ...
CMD ...