cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib malloc.c

Steve Kargl sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Thu Jan 26 20:59:51 PST 2006


On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 07:38:43AM +0300, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:14:12PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 06:24:03AM +0300, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:15:02PM -0600, Christian S.J. Peron wrote:
> > > > These malloc debugging/stats features have been invaluable. I vote to 
> > > > accept the performance hit in exchange for useful debugging/stats 
> > > > features in -CURRENT, and disable them in -STABLE/-RELEASE when they are 
> > > > ready.
> > > 
> > > You misread me a bit. I don't vote to remove debug/stats ON _by_default_ 
> > > for -current, I vote to remove them via special malloc options for whom 
> > > who don't need it even in -current.
> > > 
> > 
> > Don't use -current if you can't tolerate the minor performance
> > hit associated with making FreeBSD better.
> 
> Don't ever try to tell anybody what to do if you don't know all his 
> circumstacnes. Especially when being not asked.
> 

I stand by my initial statement.  If you can't tolerate 
temporary measures in -current that are performance hits and
which will ultimate make FreeBSD better, then don't run -current.

You have 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x to choose.

-- 
Steve


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