Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:25:05 -0700 | | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | | Subject | Re: [take6 1/3] kevent: Core files. | |
Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> The main disadvantage is that all memory is allocated on the start even
> if it will not be used later. I think dynamic grow is appropriate
> solution, since user will have that memory used anyway, since kevents
> are allocated,
If you _allocate_ memory at startup you're doing something wrong. All
you should do is allocate address space. Memory should be allocated
when it is needed.
Growing a memory region is always hard because it means you cannot keep
any addresses around and always have to reload a base pointer. That's
not ideal.
Especially on 64-bit machines address space really is no limitation
anymore. So, allocate as much as needed, allocate memory when it's
needed, and don't resize.
--
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
[unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |