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From: Jonathan Yavner <jyavner@member.fsf.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: GC: cons sweeping and cons block size
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 16:22:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200707031622.10136.jyavner@member.fsf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1I5ktS-0001uQ-Uc@monty-python.gnu.org>

> malloc()'ing 1K-aligned 1K-block is cheaper than 4K-aligned 4K-block,
> and the latter allocation probably tends to a higher heap
> fragmentation.

On some systems, large malloc blocks go directly to MMAP_ANONYMOUS and 
so fragmentation worries are eliminated.  I don't see any support for 
direct use of mmap() in gmalloc.c, though.  Should we consider it?  
OS-specific code is needed -- Windoze calls it VirtualAlloc(), while 
MacOS calls it vm_alloc().

       reply	other threads:[~2007-07-03 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1I5ktS-0001uQ-Uc@monty-python.gnu.org>
2007-07-03 20:22 ` Jonathan Yavner [this message]
2007-07-05  1:29   ` GC: cons sweeping and cons block size Richard Stallman
2007-07-04  6:43 dmantipov
2007-07-05 14:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-07-05 14:42   ` David Kastrup
2007-07-05 16:02     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-07-06 11:54       ` Ken Raeburn
2007-07-06 12:48         ` Stefan Monnier
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-07-03 15:16 Dmitry Antipov

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