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

[Dan McDonald]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 03:22:19PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> 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.
                           ^^^^

"I find your lack of faith in the existing memory allocator disturbing."

(Can't help having fun with typos.  Sorry.)

Dan