On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:32:13PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Paul E. McKenney > <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 01:56:11PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> > >> malloc is the primary target I believe. Saves lots of memory to keep > >> caches per CPU rather than per thread. > > > > Agreed, a competent default malloc() in glibc would be a very nice change > > from the current state. > > I agree that malloc can be a very good target for something like this, > but it is also something that is quite complicated. A general-purpose > allocator that could be used by glibc and has not just the performance > but the debug stuff etc that people inevitably want is a big project. > And then the people who have special needs end up writing their own > allocators anyway, just because they care about certain layout and > access patterns... > > Put another way: I'd really like to see some real numbers and use, > rather than "this can be used for.." No argument here! Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
