Re: malloc on linux

Nigel Metheringham writes:
> Would anyone who knows about such things like to comment on the efficiency
> (or otherwise) of malloc on linux.
>
> Specifically would there be any win in using a different malloc with squid
> on a Linux box (running 2.0.30 with a 5.3.12 libc - ie a Red Hat
> distribution base).
should be fine, but I would rather use 5.4.x, methinks.

on one of our caches

squid 130 22.1 75.5 107M3 96220 ? S May 25 12483:20 squid

this squid has been running since
Start Time: Sun, 25 May 1997 06:47:30 GMT

and has handled more that 12 million TCP connections

this is squid-1.NOVM.10

ldconfig says
        libc.so.5 => libc.so.5.4.23

(it's statically linked, though)
Received on Thu Jul 03 1997 - 02:00:01 MDT