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Subject: Re: jemalloc enhancement for small-memory systems
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On Dec 22, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote:
> Would it be feasible for jemalloc to initially allocate
> small blocks (to not over-allocate for small programs and
> systems with small RAM) and then allocate successively
> larger blocks as the program requires more memory?

All chunks must be the same size in jemalloc, so it's not possible to =
increase chunk size over the lifetime of an application.  As Ian said, =
chunk size isn't a major factor in physical memory usage unless =
mlockall(2) enters the picture.

Jason=