From: Edwin Eyan Moragas (eyanyndy.org)
Date: Sat Aug 07 2010 - 20:36:44 CDT

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On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Kenneth Gober <kgobergmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Henning Brauer
<lists-openbsdbsws.de>wrote:
>
>> * Ted Unangst <ted.unangstgmail.com> [2010-08-07 19:54]:
>> > you write your own allocator.
>>
>> don't. ever.
>
>
> to put it another way, if memory fragmentation ever does become a problem
> for you, there is probably an easier and safer solution than writing your
> own allocator. upgrading to a 64-bit platform, for example, is likely to
be
> a far better solution. modifying your app to use malloc(3) and free(3)
more
> conservatively may be a viable option as well, although at that point
you're

came across this several times. thank you. i guess this is the way.
just lessen calls to malloc and free? but isn't this just a
performance concern?

was wondering if there are any special 'moves' that are employed in
creating daemons in openbsd that the devs might care to share.

> starting down the road of writing your own allocator again.
>
> -ken

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