On 2/3/06, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : > :FYI, > : > :FreeBSD just imported a new malloc to replace the aged > :phkmalloc. > : > :There was much back and forth with the author and David Xu > :so he might have an opinion as to whether the changes in the > :FreeBSD malloc are worth looking into. > : > :The new malloc is not derived from the phkmalloc so likely > :these changes would not apply. Many of the features are > :similar, except the new jemalloc was engineered with true > :concurrent threaded applications in mind. > > I've been following that thread in the FreeBSD groups. > We will definitely *NOT* going to be importing FreeBSD's > new malloc. > > My feeling is that if a threaded program allocates so much > data that a fast MP-safe malloc is required, then we should > simply port the slab allocator from the DragonFly kernel to > userland and use that. > > For now its not on the table. The current proposed malloc > changes for DragonFly IS on the table and I do want to see > it committed, but I'd appreciate it if some GUI users could > test it out with e.g. mozilla, X, and so forth, first. > > -Matt
I haven't been able to get a pkgsrc bulk build to complete using the malloc patch. -DR
