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> We got a little bit confused on the purpose of M_MMAP_THRESHOLD and I > think it should be explained better in the manual. > --- manual/memory.texi 22 Jul 2002 00:57:09 -0000 1.76 > +++ manual/memory.texi 25 Feb 2003 05:26:43 -0000 > @@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ heap size such that excessive amounts of > All chunks larger than this value are allocated outside the normal > heap, using the @code{mmap} system call. This way it is guaranteed > that the memory for these chunks can be returned to the system on > - at code{free} dot > + at code{free} dot Note that requests smaller than this threshold might still > +bet allocated via @code{mmap}. ^^^ be > @item M_MMAP_MAX > The maximum number of chunks to allocate with @code{mmap}. Setting this > to zero disables all use of @code{mmap}. Definitely ok with typo fix. Regards, Wolfram.
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