Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:03:28 +0100 (CET) From: <pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Solaris libumem port on the works Message-ID: <20060315190328.74103.qmail@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060315184345.GV840@funkthat.com>
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--- John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> ha scritto: ... > > It's definately interesting, but doubtful will ever be imported to > replace libc's malloc for one reason.. the CDDL is effectively the > GPL: ... It's nevertheless less viral. I don't want libumem in the base distribution though... it can be a port. Many people find a userland malloc useful. > > That's why I started work on rewriting a allocated based upon the > paper so that it'd have a BSD license... I haven't worked on it much, > and now that jemalloc is here, who knows... > Hmmm... from what I've read on mailing lists and blogs... while libumem is in general a good performer, certain applications, like X, can actually get a performance hit. Where libumem shines is while debugging: memory leaks, double frees, can be found very easily. I agree jemalloc is here to stay. Pedro. ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it
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