Re: GNU malloc

According to Roberto Lumbreras Pastor:
> On 10 Jan 1997, Andreas Reeh wrote:
> : Date: 10 Jan 1997 18:00:00 +0200
> : From: Andreas Reeh <A.Reeh@andromeda.wad.org>
> : To: squid-users@nlanr.net
> : Subject: GNU malloc
> :
> : Could please somebody tell me how I can see if my system has the GNU
> : malloc lib and if my Squid is using it ? I am running Linux 2.0.27.
>
> ... yes, Linux libc includes GNU malloc.

.. Until libc-5.2.18 or so. The latest 5.4.x Linux libc's include another
malloc, which is _much_ better. It allocates bigger chunks of memory with
mmap() and actaully unmaps() it again when free()ing.

Mike.

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