Re: idnsCheckQueue messages in cache.log

Suresh Khatry wrote:

> Thanks for the info. In a subsequent query I had mentioned that I
> could get 'Memory usage for squid via mallinfo():' via cachemgr when I
> compile squid with the '--enable-dlmalloc' option. Is there any harm in
> using this option compiled squid on a Sparc running Solaris 7? TIA

Not that I know of. dlmalloc is a well tested and proven malloc library
with acceptable performance for Squid (probably not the best, but
certainly not the worst. probably among the better).

It is included in the Squid distribution because several vendors have
had problems with their "native" malloc implementations..

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker