Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 16:09:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Mr Sean Batson A.C.P." <valtech@caribnet.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free(); Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960427160706.1984A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com> In-Reply-To: <4978.830642434@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > The problem is addressed in 2.2 which a new malloc/free (phkmalloc), > but since Netscape is statically linked on BSDI's BSD/OS, we depend on > them having a non-leaking malloc... (AFAIK) Does phkmalloc actually give memory back to the OS, i.e. can a process which has a footprint of 7MB (both VM and actual) actually shrink in size? I have heard conflicting answers as to if this is even possible with unix..
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