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

[Joerg Schilling]

Dan McDonald <danmcd at nexenta.com> wrote:

> 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."

Do you have a real concern, or did you just like to mention a typo?

Jörg

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