Ideally we would use the mmap allocator. But I wouldn’t do that if it causes a space usage regression, for example if we allocate a lot of small vectors.
-Filip > On Apr 30, 2018, at 3:35 AM, Yusuke SUZUKI <utatane....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, WebKittens, > > IIRC, bmalloc uses mmap based page allocator for internal memory use. For > example, bmalloc::Vector uses it instead of calling malloc. > But recent changes start using std::vector, which means it uses std malloc > under the hood. > > So my question is, if we want some internal memory allocation in bmalloc, > shoud we use std::malloc? Or should we use mmap based allocator? > > Best regards, > Yusuke Suzuki > -- > Regards, > Yusuke Suzuki > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
