svn commit: r234395 - head

[John Nielsen]

On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Jason Evans wrote:

> Author: jasone
> Date: Tue Apr 17 20:21:04 2012
> New Revision: 234395
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234395
> 
> Log:
>  Add an UPDATING entry for the contrib/jemalloc import.
> 
> Modified:
>  head/UPDATING
> 
> Modified: head/UPDATING
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/UPDATING	Tue Apr 17 20:16:49 2012	(r234394)
> +++ head/UPDATING	Tue Apr 17 20:21:04 2012	(r234395)
> @@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10
> 	machines to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
> 	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)

Thanks! Note also the above (which I wouldn't have thought of if it hadn't been in this diff). Want to omit or modify the malloc.conf advice at the top of the file?

> +20120417:
> +	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
> +	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
> +	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
> +	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
> +	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
> +	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
> +	NAMESPACE section).
> +
> 20120328:
> 	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
> 	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
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