Enable TCMalloc background processing

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    • Type: Task
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Major - P3
    • 8.0.0-rc0
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    • Security 2024-04-01, Security 2024-04-15
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      Enable TCMalloc background processing.

      Check if tcmalloc::MallocExtension::NeedsProcessBackgroundActions returns true. If true, start a background thread to call  tcmalloc::MallocExtension::ProcessBackgroundActions. This function will not return and does its only sleeping.

      This only applies to tcmalloc-google. On tcmalloc-gperftools, there is no thread started.

      Whether to start a thread will controlled by a boolean startup parameter server parameter 
      tcmallocEnableBackgroundThread .

            Assignee:
            Mark Benvenuto
            Reporter:
            Mark Benvenuto
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