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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:34:29 -0800
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: turning off malloc's AJ by default
Message-ID:  <20020323183429.A67341@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200203240009.g2O09RX72516@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 04:09:27PM -0800
References:  <20020323155500.A18666@dragon.nuxi.com> <200203240009.g2O09RX72516@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 04:09:27PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     If I remember correctly, it was the plan all along that releases would
>     not have AJ turned on by default.
> 
>     The real question is: should the patch stay in after the release is
>     rolled?  Has the AJ default outlived its usefulness in general?
> 

Well, I just reported a problem to NAG (www.nag.com) 
with their Fortran 95 compiler.  The bug was found
by phkmalloc and the AJ setting.  NAG fixed the bug
within 3 days and supplied a new binary.  BTW, this
is the only native Fortran 95 compiler for FreeBSD.
I told NAG's tech support about the AJ feature and
it appears NAG found at least one other bug with this
set.

I think AJ should be left set in the DP releases with
a prominent note in the RELNOTES about the possible
performance impact.

-- 
Steve

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