Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: Kip Macy <kip@lyris.com> To: Scott Hess <scott@avantgo.com> Cc: Rayson Ho <raysonlogin@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Faster Malloc Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9912081227491.4480-100000@luna> In-Reply-To: <10f801bf41b2$403f2f10$1e80000a@avantgo.com>
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It might be nice when LWP support is added. -Kip On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Scott Hess wrote: > From the web page: > > "Hoard is a fast, scalable and memory-efficient allocator for > multiprocessors. Hoard solves the heap contention problem caused when > multiple threads call dynamic memory allocation functions like malloc() and > free() (or new and delete). Hoard can dramatically improve the performance > of multithreaded programs running on multiprocessors." > > It doesn't sound like it would help much under the current FreeBSD pthread > implementation, because userland threads shouldn't suffer from > multiprocessor contention. > > Later, > scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rayson Ho <raysonlogin@yahoo.com> > To: List <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:09 AM > Subject: Faster Malloc > > > > > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/emery/hoard/ > > > > Only Linux,Solaris,IRIX,NT, and BeOS supported at this > > stage. Anyone wants to port it to FreeBSD? > > > > Sorry if everyone knows this already... > > > > > > Rayson > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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