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.\" .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- .\" "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): .\" <phk@FreeBSD.org> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you .\" can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think .\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- .\" .\" $FreeBSD: release/9.1.0/share/doc/papers/malloc/abs.ms 93151 2002-03-25 14:12:49Z phk $ .\" .if n .ND .TL Malloc(3) in modern Virtual Memory environments. .sp Revised Fri Apr 5 12:50:07 1996 .AU Poul-Henning Kamp .AI <phk@FreeBSD.org> Den Andensidste Viking Valbygaardsvej 8 DK-4200 Slagelse Denmark .AB Malloc/free is one of the oldest parts of the C language environment and obviously the world has changed a bit since it was first made. The fact that most UNIX kernels have changed from swap/segment to virtual memory/page based memory management has not been sufficiently reflected in the implementations of the malloc/free API. .PP A new implementation was designed, written, tested and bench-marked with an eye on the workings and performance characteristics of modern Virtual Memory systems. .AE