[mythtv] Mythtv pes_malloc and pes_free

Karl Dietz dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org
Mon May 8 05:43:09 UTC 2017


On 07.05.2017 12:53, Roger James wrote:
> I would like to propose that we consider reverting to the default heap
> allocator. There are also a number of alternatives to the ptmalloc
> allocator that could be consider, for example tcmalloc from Google.

I like the idea. Do you know if it helps? I just read the other day that
using the standard implementations may contain some nasty surprises...
https://www.zerotier.com/blog/2017-05-05-theleak.shtml

I hear jemalloc (as used in FreeBSD) is great http://jemalloc.net/

Regards,
Karl


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