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Re: When should ralloc.c be used?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: When should ralloc.c be used? |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:05:34 +0300 |
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:54:24 -0700
>
> > . Build with gmalloc but without ralloc.
>
> This goes back to what we were doing, no?
No, we were using the glibc malloc, AFAIK. Or am I missing something?
> > . Back-port the HYBRID_MALLOC changes from master. Not sure if the
> > patch is simple and safe enough, or whether the result is tested
> > well enough to have that on emacs-25.
>
> This sounds riskier.
>
> > . Build with gmalloc and use mmap for buffer text allocation.
>
> This also sounds riskier.
I agree with your assessments.
> How about the attached patch for emacs-25? Basically, it says "use
> ralloc.c only if requested via './configure REL_ALLOC=yes'".
LGTM. Should we wait for people to build with REL_ALLOC=no manually,
to see if there are any problems, or should we push this right away?
> I assume that this patch need not be ported to master, due to
> HYBRID_MALLOC.
Yes, I think so.
Thanks.
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, (continued)
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Paul Eggert, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Andreas Schwab, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Paul Eggert, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Paul Eggert, 2016/10/24
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Paul Eggert, 2016/10/25
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/25
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas, 2016/10/28
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas, 2016/10/28
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/28
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Stefan Monnier, 2016/10/26
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Andreas Schwab, 2016/10/23
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/23
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Andreas Schwab, 2016/10/23
- Re: When should ralloc.c be used?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/23