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Re: Bad malloc performance in glibc 2.3?
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 01:24:01AM +0200, Wolfram Gloger wrote:
> > I have 2 reports of bad malloc performance in glibc 2.3. It appears
> > that malloc_consolidate () takes way too much CPU time under certain
> > conditions. malloc in 2.2 is ok. Has anyone seen it?
>
> Can you send me a test case?
>
> Anyway, I have one patch sort of pending which may help performance in
> some cases but still might hurt other ones (as always :-( ).
> I'll send it tomorrow for you to try out.
I am trying to get a test case. It may take some time.
Thanks.
H.J.