diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87f4cddd..7c2c6cfc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,10 +181,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "AppleClang|Clang|GNU")
   list(APPEND mi_cflags -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unknown-pragmas -fvisibility=hidden)
   if(NOT MI_USE_CXX)
     list(APPEND mi_cflags -Wstrict-prototypes)
-  endif()
-  if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
-    list(APPEND mi_cflags -Wno-invalid-memory-model)
-  endif()
+  endif()  
   if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "AppleClang|Clang")
     list(APPEND mi_cflags -Wpedantic -Wno-static-in-inline)
   endif()
diff --git a/doc/mimalloc-doc.h b/doc/mimalloc-doc.h
index b448f14a..e2287fe9 100644
--- a/doc/mimalloc-doc.h
+++ b/doc/mimalloc-doc.h
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ typedef enum mi_option_e {
   mi_option_eager_region_commit, ///< Eagerly commit large (256MiB) memory regions (enabled by default, except on Windows)
   mi_option_large_os_pages,      ///< Use large OS pages (2MiB in size) if possible
   mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages, ///< The number of huge OS pages (1GiB in size) to reserve at the start of the program.
+  mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages_at, ///< Reserve huge OS pages at node N.
   mi_option_segment_cache,   ///< The number of segments per thread to keep cached.
   mi_option_page_reset,      ///< Reset page memory after \a mi_option_reset_delay milliseconds when it becomes free.
   mi_option_segment_reset,   ///< Experimental
@@ -1053,6 +1054,8 @@ or via environment variables.
    `MIMALLOC_EAGER_COMMIT_DELAY=N` (`N` is 1 by default) to delay the initial `N` segments (of 4MiB)
    of a thread to not allocate in the huge OS pages; this prevents threads that are short lived
    and allocate just a little to take up space in the huge OS page area (which cannot be reset).
+- `MIMALLOC_RESERVE_HUGE_OS_PAGES_AT=N`: where N is the numa node. This reserves the huge pages at a specific numa node. 
+   (`N` is -1 by default to reserve huge pages evenly among the given number of numa nodes (or use the available ones as detected))
 
 Use caution when using `fork` in combination with either large or huge OS pages: on a fork, the OS uses copy-on-write
 for all pages in the original process including the huge OS pages. When any memory is now written in that area, the
diff --git a/include/mimalloc.h b/include/mimalloc.h
index 4467173e..06a16703 100644
--- a/include/mimalloc.h
+++ b/include/mimalloc.h
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ mi_decl_export int mi_reserve_huge_os_pages_at(size_t pages, int numa_node, size
 mi_decl_export int  mi_reserve_os_memory(size_t size, bool commit, bool allow_large) mi_attr_noexcept;
 mi_decl_export bool mi_manage_os_memory(void* start, size_t size, bool is_committed, bool is_large, bool is_zero, int numa_node) mi_attr_noexcept;
 
-
 // deprecated
 mi_decl_export int  mi_reserve_huge_os_pages(size_t pages, double max_secs, size_t* pages_reserved) mi_attr_noexcept;
 
@@ -310,6 +309,7 @@ typedef enum mi_option_e {
   mi_option_reset_decommits,
   mi_option_large_os_pages,         // implies eager commit
   mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages,
+  mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages_at,
   mi_option_reserve_os_memory,
   mi_option_segment_cache,
   mi_option_page_reset,
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index cdb1b82a..dfef82d5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ is a general purpose allocator with excellent [performance](#performance) charac
 Initially developed by Daan Leijen for the run-time systems of the
 [Koka](https://koka-lang.github.io) and [Lean](https://github.com/leanprover/lean) languages.
 
-Latest release tag: `v2.0.2` (beta, 2021-06-17).  
-Latest stable  tag: `v1.7.2` (2021-06-17).
+Latest release tag: `v2.0.3` (beta, 2021-11-14).  
+Latest stable  tag: `v1.7.3` (2021-11-14).
 
 mimalloc is a drop-in replacement for `malloc` and can be used in other programs
 without code changes, for example, on dynamically linked ELF-based systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) you can use it as:
 ```
-> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/bin/libmimalloc.so  myprogram
+> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libmimalloc.so  myprogram
 ```
 It also has an easy way to override the default allocator in [Windows](#override_on_windows). Notable aspects of the design include:
 
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ Note: the `v2.x` beta has a new algorithm for managing internal mimalloc pages t
   and fragmentation compared to mimalloc `v1.x` (especially for large workloads). Should otherwise have similar performance
   (see [below](#performance)); please report if you observe any significant performance regression.
 
+* 2021-11-14, `v1.7.3`, `v2.0.3` (beta): improved WASM support, improved macOS support and performance (including
+  M1), improved performance for v2 for large objects, Python integration improvements, more standard
+  installation directories, various small fixes.
+
 * 2021-06-17, `v1.7.2`, `v2.0.2` (beta): support M1, better installation layout on Linux, fix
   thread_id on Android, prefer 2-6TiB area for aligned allocation to work better on pre-windows 8, various small fixes.
 
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ mimalloc is used in various large scale low-latency services and programs, for e
 
 ## Windows
 
-Open `ide/vs2019/mimalloc.sln` in Visual Studio 2019 and build (or `ide/vs2017/mimalloc.sln`).
+Open `ide/vs2019/mimalloc.sln` in Visual Studio 2019 and build.
 The `mimalloc` project builds a static library (in `out/msvc-x64`), while the
 `mimalloc-override` project builds a DLL for overriding malloc
 in the entire program.
@@ -191,6 +195,11 @@ Notes:
 2. Install CCMake: `sudo apt-get install cmake-curses-gui`
 
 
+## Single source
+
+You can also directly build the single `src/static.c` file as part of your project without
+needing `cmake` at all. Make sure to also add the mimalloc `include` directory to the include path.
+
 
 # Using the library
 
@@ -302,6 +311,9 @@ or via environment variables:
    `MIMALLOC_EAGER_COMMIT_DELAY=N` (`N` is 1 by default) to delay the initial `N` segments (of 4MiB)
    of a thread to not allocate in the huge OS pages; this prevents threads that are short lived
    and allocate just a little to take up space in the huge OS page area (which cannot be reset).
+   The huge pages are usually allocated evenly among NUMA nodes.
+   We can use `MIMALLOC_RESERVE_HUGE_OS_PAGES_AT=N` where `N` is the numa node (starting at 0) to allocate all 
+   the huge pages at a specific numa node instead. 
 
 Use caution when using `fork` in combination with either large or huge OS pages: on a fork, the OS uses copy-on-write
 for all pages in the original process including the huge OS pages. When any memory is now written in that area, the
@@ -337,9 +349,9 @@ When _mimalloc_ is built using debug mode, various checks are done at runtime to
 - Corrupted free-lists and some forms of use-after-free are detected.
 
 
-# Overriding Malloc
+# Overriding Standard Malloc
 
-Overriding the standard `malloc` can be done either _dynamically_ or _statically_.
+Overriding the standard `malloc` (and `new`) can be done either _dynamically_ or _statically_.
 
 ## Dynamic override
 
@@ -370,13 +382,12 @@ On macOS we can also preload the mimalloc shared
 library so all calls to the standard `malloc` interface are
 resolved to the _mimalloc_ library.
 ```
-> env DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE=1 DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libmimalloc.dylib myprogram
+> env DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libmimalloc.dylib myprogram
 ```
 
 Note that certain security restrictions may apply when doing this from
 the [shell](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43941322/dyld-insert-libraries-ignored-when-calling-application-through-bash).
 
-(Note: macOS support for dynamic overriding is recent, please report any issues.)
 
 ### Override on Windows
 
@@ -386,7 +397,7 @@ the (dynamic) C runtime allocator, including those from other DLL's or libraries
 
 The overriding on Windows requires that you link your program explicitly with
 the mimalloc DLL and use the C-runtime library as a DLL (using the `/MD` or `/MDd` switch).
-Also, the `mimalloc-redirect.dll` (or `mimalloc-redirect32.dll`) must be available
+Also, the `mimalloc-redirect.dll` (or `mimalloc-redirect32.dll`) must be put
 in the same folder as the main `mimalloc-override.dll` at runtime (as it is a dependency).
 The redirection DLL ensures that all calls to the C runtime malloc API get redirected to
 mimalloc (in `mimalloc-override.dll`).
diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index d9b6dd60..ca32caba 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -475,14 +475,13 @@ static inline mi_segment_t* mi_checked_ptr_segment(const void* p, const char* ms
   return segment;
 }
 
-
-// Free a block
+// Free a block 
 void mi_free(void* p) mi_attr_noexcept
 {
   const mi_segment_t* const segment = mi_checked_ptr_segment(p,"mi_free");
   if (mi_unlikely(segment == NULL)) return; 
 
-  const mi_threadid_t tid = _mi_thread_id();
+  mi_threadid_t tid = _mi_thread_id();
   mi_page_t* const page = _mi_segment_page_of(segment, p);
   mi_block_t* const block = (mi_block_t*)p;
 
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index f9c73a3f..f2619000 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -504,7 +504,12 @@ void mi_process_init(void) mi_attr_noexcept {
 
   if (mi_option_is_enabled(mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages)) {
     size_t pages = mi_option_get(mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages);
-    mi_reserve_huge_os_pages_interleave(pages, 0, pages*500);
+    long reserve_at = mi_option_get(mi_option_reserve_huge_os_pages_at);
+    if (reserve_at != -1) {
+      mi_reserve_huge_os_pages_at(pages, reserve_at, pages*500);
+    } else {
+      mi_reserve_huge_os_pages_interleave(pages, 0, pages*500);
+    }
   } 
   if (mi_option_is_enabled(mi_option_reserve_os_memory)) {
     long ksize = mi_option_get(mi_option_reserve_os_memory);
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 9549e3ad..43f8fb4b 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static mi_option_desc_t options[_mi_option_last] =
   #endif
   { 0, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(large_os_pages) },      // use large OS pages, use only with eager commit to prevent fragmentation of VMA's
   { 0, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(reserve_huge_os_pages) },  // per 1GiB huge pages
+  { -1, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(reserve_huge_os_pages_at) }, // reserve huge pages at node N
   { 0, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(reserve_os_memory)     },
   { 0, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(segment_cache) },       // cache N segments per thread
   { 1, UNINIT, MI_OPTION(page_reset) },          // reset page memory on free
diff --git a/src/os.c b/src/os.c
index ee6e92c0..603ec04a 100644
--- a/src/os.c
+++ b/src/os.c
@@ -578,29 +578,29 @@ static mi_decl_cache_align _Atomic(uintptr_t) aligned_base;
 // (otherwise an initial large allocation of say 2TiB has a 50% chance to include (known) addresses 
 //  in the middle of the 2TiB - 6TiB address range (see issue #372))
 
-#define KK_HINT_BASE ((uintptr_t)2 << 40)  // 2TiB start
-#define KK_HINT_AREA ((uintptr_t)4 << 40)  // upto 6TiB   (since before win8 there is "only" 8TiB available to processes)
-#define KK_HINT_MAX  ((uintptr_t)30 << 40) // wrap after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
+#define MI_HINT_BASE ((uintptr_t)2 << 40)  // 2TiB start
+#define MI_HINT_AREA ((uintptr_t)4 << 40)  // upto 6TiB   (since before win8 there is "only" 8TiB available to processes)
+#define MI_HINT_MAX  ((uintptr_t)30 << 40) // wrap after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
 
 static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size) 
 {
   if (try_alignment == 0 || try_alignment > MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) return NULL;
-  if ((size%MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) != 0) return NULL;
-  if (size > 1*MI_GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(KK_HINT_AREA / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
+  size = _mi_align_up(size, MI_SEGMENT_SIZE);
+  if (size > 1*MI_GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(MI_HINT_AREA / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
   #if (MI_SECURE>0)
   size += MI_SEGMENT_SIZE;        // put in `MI_SEGMENT_SIZE` virtual gaps between hinted blocks; this splits VLA's but increases guarded areas.
   #endif
 
   uintptr_t hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size);
-  if (hint == 0 || hint > KK_HINT_MAX) {   // wrap or initialize
-    uintptr_t init = KK_HINT_BASE;
+  if (hint == 0 || hint > MI_HINT_MAX) {   // wrap or initialize
+    uintptr_t init = MI_HINT_BASE;
     #if (MI_SECURE>0 || MI_DEBUG==0)       // security: randomize start of aligned allocations unless in debug mode
     uintptr_t r = _mi_heap_random_next(mi_get_default_heap());
-    init = init + ((MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF)) % KK_HINT_AREA);  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
+    init = init + ((MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF)) % MI_HINT_AREA);  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
     #endif
     uintptr_t expected = hint + size;
     mi_atomic_cas_strong_acq_rel(&aligned_base, &expected, init);
-    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > KK_HINT_MAX but that is ok, it is a hint after all
+    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > MI_HINT_MAX but that is ok, it is a hint after all
   }
   if (hint%try_alignment != 0) return NULL;
   return (void*)hint;
@@ -638,11 +638,11 @@ static void* mi_os_mem_alloc(size_t size, size_t try_alignment, bool commit, boo
     if (commit) flags |= MEM_COMMIT;
     p = mi_win_virtual_alloc(NULL, size, try_alignment, flags, false, allow_large, is_large);
   #elif defined(MI_USE_SBRK)
-    KK_UNUSED(allow_large);
+    MI_UNUSED(allow_large);
     *is_large = false;
     p = mi_sbrk_heap_grow(size, try_alignment);
   #elif defined(__wasi__)
-    KK_UNUSED(allow_large);
+    MI_UNUSED(allow_large);
     *is_large = false;
     p = mi_wasm_heap_grow(size, try_alignment);
   #else
diff --git a/src/random.c b/src/random.c
index 05c5c99c..1220401a 100644
--- a/src/random.c
+++ b/src/random.c
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ If we cannot get good randomness, we fall back to weak randomness based on a tim
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 
-#if !defined(MI_USE_RTLGENRANDOM)
-// We prefer BCryptGenRandom over RtlGenRandom
+#if defined(MI_USE_BCRYPTGENRANDOM)
+// We would like to use BCryptGenRandom instead of RtlGenRandom but it can lead to a deadlock 
+// under the VS debugger when using dynamic overriding.
 #pragma comment (lib,"bcrypt.lib")
 #include <bcrypt.h>
 static bool os_random_buf(void* buf, size_t buf_len) {