From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 13 08:33:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA07304 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:33:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA07299 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:33:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0twtUp-0003wTC; Wed, 13 Mar 96 08:33 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA22362; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:33:52 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Eric L. Hernes" cc: Brandon Gillespie , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new malloc/libc... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:52:03 CST." <199603131452.IAA01215@jake.lodgenet.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:33:51 +0000 Message-ID: <22360.826734831@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > A week or so ago I spoke with the guys at Xinside, they were > holding their release of Motif because of a memory leak with malloc, > the code ran fine with BSDi and Linux, but had a leak with FreeBSD. > Is this phkmalloc or the original malloc which apparently is in 2.1 > I thought phkmalloc was mainstream months ago, but maybe not. > > eric. The malloc in 2.1 doesn't do >anything< to conserve memory, a fact than can easily be confused with a memory leak. phkmalloc is >not< in 2.1. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.