Re: AW: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)

From: dg(at)illustra(dot)com (David Gould)
To: andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at (Zeugswetter Andreas)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)
Date: 1998-03-23 19:04:26
Message-ID: 9803231904.AA15628@hawk.illustra.com
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> David Gould wrote:
> >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().
>
> Wow, this sounds really good, will you try to prealloc bigger chunks of memory
> to avoid the many system calls ? I was wondering if that could give a speed boost.

Yes to both points.

-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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