Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:32:21 +1100 (EST) | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Please don't beat me up (was Re: Bugs and wishes in memory management area) |
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On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Mark Hemment wrote: > [discussions on allocation algorithms skipped] > If you know the usage patterns, it is possible to design > efficient allocators for specific applications. Difficult to do in a > kernel.
Completely blue sky. Would it be possible to tune the allocation algorithms by identifying the most common sizes and feeding parameters back into the allocator? Either through /proc or (if all else fails) by recompiling with a modified header.
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