> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Erenkrantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:59 AM > To: Sander Striker > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Free memory over a certain threshold back to the > system > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:24:36PM +0100, Sander Striker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The 'high free' patch. I'm not sure we want this. > > It may hide pools abuse problems. > > Yeah, I agree we don't really want this. If we run out of memory > with the normal pools, it means that the lifetimes are most likely > incorrect. > > But, perhaps this could be a #define with a debug option? -- justin
We definitely don't want this IMHO. If the pools are filling up, then either pools are the incorrect model for your app, or they aren't being cleared often enough. I would much rather not have this as an option at all, because that just encourages people to use it. :-) Ryan
