malloc options

[Wojciech Puchar]

> /etc/malloc.conf.  The default for that file is to not exist.  The man page 
> does not indicate which settings are used in that situation.  After reading 
> through it I get the feeling that the default settings for D and M are 'dM'. 
> Hence, to return to the older malloc aproach to see if the problems go away I 
> would need to set "Dm".  But some of the descriptions seem to indicate that 
> might not be correct.  What are the default settings?
no idea.

anyway - if this makes any non-performance difference to your programs - 
it's something wrong with it by design.

it should not.

if you need to manage memory your way, just use sbrk only and then manage 
it your way - as i do in most of my programs.