As I mentioned in a previous response, this unfortunately doesn't work because all operator new is directed to FastMalloc, not just WebKit's usage of operator new. Operator new is global in a linkage unit.
Thanks. Paul > On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Paul Pedriana wrote: >> The application should be able to set aside a block of RAM and have >> the library use that block of RAM via a user-supplied memory >> allocator. At no time should the library attempt to use any other >> memory nor use its own means to access the user-provided memory. This >> pattern of library development is very important, and most >> professional commercial library software follows this pattern >> (including all commercial peers of WebKit). I am wondering how I >> might achieve this with WebKit. > Here's how: > > 1) Change the <wtf/FastMalloc.cpp> source file to invoke this > memory allocator instead of TCMalloc. > 2) Let us know about any concrete problems you encounter where > that allocator isn't used, and we'll help you fix them and investigate > putting those fixes in the WebKit trunk too. > > Good luck! > > -- Darin > > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
