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Re: [PING] [v9] malloc: Consistently apply trim_threshold to all heaps [BZ #17195]


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 02:15:17PM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 03/16/2015 12:13 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 02:29:34PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> >> Trimming heaps is a balance between saving memory and the system overhead
> >> required to update page tables and discard allocated pages. The malloc
> >> option M_TRIM_THRESHOLD is a tunable that users are meant to use to decide
> >> where this balance point is but it is only applied to the main arena.
> >>
> > 
> > Ping as it's been a while since anyone said anything on it. I note it's
> > in patchwork (http://patchwork.sourceware.org/patch/5496/) but do not
> > know if that means anyone plans to look at it. Thanks.
> > 
> 
> I actually have a build going with your patch and I'm trying to stress test
> it to see what impact it has on some real applications.
> 

Thanks. Any luck with this?

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs


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