Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 16:02:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> To: Kai.Vorma@hut.fi Cc: nate@trout.sri.MT.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A better malloc() for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199504291403.QAA02341@knobel.GUN.de> In-Reply-To: <199504121134.OAA24547@vinkku.hut.fi> from "Kai Vorma" at Apr 12, 95 02:34:05 pm
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> Nate Williams writes: > > > > I'm in agreement with you. The current malloc implementation is very > > fast, but I think replacing malloc would make the system faster since > > there would be less swapping due to less memory use. > > > > If you could get some hard numbers re: performance I think we might have > > more to stand on when the time comes to integrate it into the system. > > Here you have some numbers. I think all mallocs are fast enough > although dlmalloc is superior in simumalloc/1. And ? Is the new malloc already part of -current ? Would love to see such a space saving and fast malloc. Andreas /// -- andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix - akl@wup.de -
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