Re: libc and free()
bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) wrote on 03.11.96 in <m0vKGdp-00HxawC@golem.pixar.com>:
> So, the first time you touch any of those newly-reallocated pages you
> will wait while the OS zeroes the entire page. If you had simply kept
I remember some talk - on linux-kernel, I believe - about keeping a set or
pre-zeroed pages for this reason. I don't know if it happened.
Anyway, as Linux does only commit memory when it's actually used, you'll
get the wait not on alloc, but on use, I believe.
MfG Kai
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