From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 15:51:32 2006 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3175316A420 for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:51:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0145443D75 for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1BE46BAC; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:51:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:55:30 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Peter Fraser <petros.fraser@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aa2cc130602240551n24a8252fub0475402051464cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060224155345.J20006@fledge.watson.org> References: <aa2cc130602231241u15e464bcu848a4aef2998c50f@mail.gmail.com> <20060223205739.P33959@fledge.watson.org> <aa2cc130602240551n24a8252fub0475402051464cf@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual memory consumption (both user and kernel) in modern CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current <freebsd-current.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:51:32 -0000 On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Peter Fraser wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression from a previous > post that this would be inplemented in the new 6.1 release. Apparently I > misread. I can now breathe a sigh of relief and migrate to 6.1 when > released. Thanks again. Yeah -- a new malloc implementation is a big deal, and it will need the next year to settle out. Not only will it have its own bugs and problems that need fixing, but it has been triggering lots of previously latent application bugs, and will continue to do so for some time to come. It's a bit like putting in a new compiler: worth it, but a lot of work! Robert N M Watson