On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 09:33 -0700, Chuck McDevitt wrote: > > Is it possible that Solaris's default malloc isn't appropriate for > > repeated use in complex queries that use multiple sorts? > > http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/multiproc/multiproc.html > > and recent OpenSolaris bug reports. > > Solaris default malloc always uses sbrk(), and never ever tried to > reduce the sbrk point. > > If you want a malloc that uses mmap, there is an non-default malloc > that does that (libumem or something?)
OK, thanks Chuck. Doesn't sound good. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers