Re: [DISCUSS] memory allocation method

• To: "Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] memory allocation method
• From: "Rick Brown" <[email protected]>
• Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:12:35 +0530
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On 1/15/07, Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a process who allocates as much as possible of RAM
in 4 G ram 32bit machine.  This buffer is never released.

Questions:

1. Is it better allocates with many 1MB buffers or allocate it in with
one a big valloc ?

ONe BIG vmalloc has huge, huge chances of failure.
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