Disable sqlite lookaside buffers by default.

sql/connection.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "sql/connection.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
 #include "base/file_util.h"
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     // Histogram failures specific to initial open for debugging
     // purposes.
     UMA_HISTOGRAM_ENUMERATION("Sqlite.OpenFailure", err & 0xff, 50);
 
     OnSqliteError(err, NULL);
     Close();
     db_ = NULL;
     return false;
   }
 
+  // SQLite uses a lookaside buffer to improve performance of small mallocs.
+  // Chromium already depends on small mallocs being efficient, so we disable
+  // this to avoid the extra memory overhead.
+  // This must be called immediatly after opening the database before any SQL
+  // statements are run.
+  sqlite3_db_config(db_, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_LOOKASIDE, NULL, 0, 0);
+
   // sqlite3_open() does not actually read the database file (unless a
   // hot journal is found).  Successfully executing this pragma on an
   // existing database requires a valid header on page 1.
   // TODO(shess): For now, just probing to see what the lay of the
   // land is.  If it's mostly SQLITE_NOTADB, then the database should
   // be razed.
   err = ExecuteAndReturnErrorCode("PRAGMA auto_vacuum");
   if (err != SQLITE_OK)
     UMA_HISTOGRAM_ENUMERATION("Sqlite.OpenProbeFailure", err & 0xff, 50);
 
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   // as a single string.  This doesn't appear to be an API contract,
   // it could return separate lines, so loop _and_ split.
   while (stmt.Step()) {
     std::string result(stmt.ColumnString(0));
     base::SplitString(result, '\n', messages);
   }
   return stmt.Succeeded();
 }
 
 }  // namespace sql