| From: | dg(at)illustra(dot)com (David Gould) |
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| To: | maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian) |
| Cc: | mgittens(at)gits(dot)nl, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, mgittens(at)david(dot)gits(dot)nl, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386) |
| Date: | 1998-03-22 22:28:07 |
| Message-ID: | 9803222228.AA13864@hawk.illustra.com |
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>
> > >That said, I have a plan in mind to get a nice performance boost for
> > palloc().
> > >As a side effect, I will guarantee 8 byte alignment of pointers returned
> > >from palloc().
> > >
> > Does this imply that more memory will be used that strictly necesary under
> > linux?
> >
> > With regards from Maurice.
>
> Actually, perhaps less memory, because malloc memory is not aligned on
> double boundaries, but this is all still just conjecture.
Ok, you've convinced me. Sheesh...
Change the description to "nice performance boost and use less memory".
;-)
-dg
David Gould dg(at)illustra(dot)com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612
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