heap limits: mmap(2) vs. break(2) on i386
Ulrich Spörlein
uqs at spoerlein.net
Sun Nov 29 17:06:12 UTC 2009
On Fri, 27.11.2009 at 18:22:38 -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Crazy idea, perhaps, but has anyone considered wrapping up sbrk(2) into
> mmap(2), so that there is only one memory pool to draw from? Switch to
> 64-bit certainly helps, however there are lot of 32-bit machines hanging
> around and we will see them for a while in the embedded space. Certainly
> current situation with two separate sources of heap memory is not normal.
Alternative and very low tech test:
- Remove sbrk() from libc and /usr/include
- Run port test build
- ???
- PROFIT!
It shall be interesting to see which ports blow up thanks to sbrk()
missing.
Regards,
Uli
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