:
:this stuff is all optional and off by default, the default behavior of
:this patch should be roughly equivalent to the old malloc except that
:it doesnt use brk/sbrk... when you turn on guard pages and free page
:protection(options G and F) you WILL see segfaults. I know xmms has
:issues for sure.
:
:-Kevin
:
:On 2/2/06, Emil Mikulic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> A better explanation:
:> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/87489
The main thing I'm looking for is that mainstream programs continue
to operate with default settings and that there is no serious
(or any) degredation in performance, again with default settings.
The debugging options the new code brings in look pretty interesting.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
