Re: Differences in malloc between 6 and 7?

In message <47CD9F87.4000509_at_freebsd.org>, Jason Evans writes:
>gnn_at_freebsd.org wrote:

>It's worth mentioning that the benchmark is of marginal use, due to a 
>simple (but common) flaw.  At a minimum, a malloc benchmark should touch 
>all allocated memory at least once.  Otherwise, the benchmark is IMO too 
>far removed from reality to measure anything of value, [...]

A point I belive I also made in my phkmalloc paper 10+ years ago, so
there really is no excuse...

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.