Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:46:48 +0400 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: Call for regression and performance testing - 8.0 Message-ID: <863a7wc4c7.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908121444030.17186@fledge.watson.org> (Robert Watson's message of "Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:47:19 %2B0100 (BST)") References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908121329130.66335@fledge.watson.org> <200908121335.n7CDZZcg047419@lava.sentex.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908121444030.17186@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >>> As we're approaching 8.0 BETA3, now would be a really good time to >>> start identifying functional and performance regressions from the >>> 7.x series. We've done a mixed job at this in the past, but when it >>> comes to "I'll do better some day", there's no time like the >>> present :-). Some notes: >> >> Other than the removal of whats below from the kernel, what other >> adjustments should be made to make more accurate comparisons ? > > The main thing I'm aware of is malloc debugging in userspace -- the > best way to do this is to uncomment MALLOC_PRODUCTION in > src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c: [...] According to docs/136029 one can also use it in make.conf(5), no need to touch malloc.c.
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