Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:50:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: malloc options Message-ID: <20080727214912.U34219@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <EE1CF633-524E-4AE3-8224-685D71652F36@lafn.org> References: <EE1CF633-524E-4AE3-8224-685D71652F36@lafn.org>
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> /etc/malloc.conf. The default for that file is to not exist. The man page > does not indicate which settings are used in that situation. After reading > through it I get the feeling that the default settings for D and M are 'dM'. > Hence, to return to the older malloc aproach to see if the problems go away I > would need to set "Dm". But some of the descriptions seem to indicate that > might not be correct. What are the default settings? no idea. anyway - if this makes any non-performance difference to your programs - it's something wrong with it by design. it should not. if you need to manage memory your way, just use sbrk only and then manage it your way - as i do in most of my programs.
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