Precompile Lua Modules into LuaJIT Bytecode to Speedup OpenResty Startup

Dec 9, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang  (updated Jan 2, 2022)

This tutorial demonstrates how to pre-compile Lua modules into LuaJIT bytecode. This can help reduce the startup time of an OpenResty application. Read more...

How OpenResty and Nginx Allocate and Manage Memory

Jan 21, 2020 10 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang  (updated Mar 7, 2022)

• On The System Level
• On The Application Level
• For Traditional Nginx Servers

The LuaJIT GC64 Mode

Jan 7, 2019 15 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang  (updated Mar 7, 2022)

• The Old Memory Limit
  • When Hitting The Memory Limit
  • The Memory Limit Is Per Process
  • GC-Managed Memory
  • Memory Allocated Outside GC
  • Extending The x64 Mode to The 4 GB Limit
• The New GC64 Mode
  • How to Enable The GC64 Mode
  • Performance Impact
  • Debugging and Profiling Tool Chains