[illumos-Developer] [GSoC] libc: scalable malloc implementation

[Joerg Schilling]

Albert Lee <trisk at opensolaris.org> wrote:

> Oh, and our default malloc (the one in libc) is complete rubbish. It
> can only use brk/sbrk. Best possible outcome is that it gets
> completely replaced by the new implementation.

Replacing the default memory allocator needs to be done with extreme care as it 
may cause problems sith existing software.

Jörg

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