Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:01:33 -0600 (MDT) From: David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu> To: toasty@dragondata.com (Kevin Day) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea: disposable memory Message-ID: <199909231501.JAA13253@faith.cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: <199909231433.JAA61714@celery.dragondata.com> from "Kevin Day" at Sep 23, 99 09:33:08 am
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Lo and behold, Kevin Day once said:
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> I don't think MADV_FREE is what I want, since it makes my memory go away
> very quickly, *and* I have no way of knowing that the kernel did it.
You do have a way of knowing the kernel did it - your memory is
suddenly full of zeros. You don't have an *asynchronous* way of knowing
that the kernel did it, however, which I believe is more what you're
aiming at. (Something like a "SIG_I_STOLE_YOUR_MEMORY"), no?
-Dave
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