In the last episode (Jan 23), Rahul Siddharthan said:
> Dan Nelson wrote:
> > > # ls -l /etc/malloc.conf
> > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Jan 23 11:52 /etc/malloc.conf -> HR<
> >
> > H and < should only make a difference if you are low on memory.
>
> Yes.
>
> > R is on
> > by default in 5.0 anyway, due to A and J being on by default.
>
> That's not what the malloc(3) man page suggests -- R seems to have
> nothing to do with A or J. Perhaps, however, the improvement I see
> is due to turning off A and J (implicitly, ie by not specifying them)?
The description for J says "This options also sets the R option" (heh.
found a typo :), and inside malloc.c, the internal flags representing
A and J are set to 1. Not specifying [aA] or [jJ] leaves them at the
defaults, so they should still be enabled if you have "HR<" set.
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