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| From | blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Malloc Query |
| Date | 2011-05-17 12:55 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <87aael3xw1.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org> (permalink) |
| References | <iquit3$pl$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
Pushpa <pushpa@nospam.invalid> writes: > Many users claim that malloc() and free() provided by the language > library results in considerable > amount of overhead in terms of calling the same. Can we really > eliminate overhead by using > used defined functions/user defined memory manager. Is there any > significant advantage in providing user defined malloc() and > free(). According to an academic study I read some time ago, there is rarely any significant advantage to special-purpose memory allocators. In a quick online search, I didn't find a reference to this paper, but perhaps someone else here has a copy of it. -- "It wouldn't be a new C standard if it didn't give a new meaning to the word `static'." --Peter Seebach on C99
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Malloc Query Pushpa <pushpa@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-17 19:39 +0000
Re: Malloc Query blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-05-17 12:55 -0700
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-18 12:05 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Pushpa <pushpa@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-18 17:11 +0000
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-18 22:42 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-18 21:10 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-18 19:34 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 17:10 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 00:26 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:25 -0400
Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-18 21:38 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 14:11 -0400
Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-19 22:55 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 12:14 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 03:22 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 14:20 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 23:51 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 20:01 -0400
Re: Malloc Query luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-22 02:49 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 10:46 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 12:37 -0500
Re: Malloc Query Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 13:02 -0500
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 14:12 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 03:06 -0500
Re: Malloc Query luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-23 00:42 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 11:10 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 09:06 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-22 23:18 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 19:18 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-23 11:22 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 01:57 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:24 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 14:20 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 07:41 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 16:24 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 09:20 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 18:05 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:37 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:34 -0400
Re: Malloc Query "robertwessel2@yahoo.com" <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-23 17:48 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 12:56 +1200
Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 07:19 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 11:32 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-23 01:04 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 02:36 -0400
Re: Malloc Query luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-23 00:39 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-23 14:44 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 15:16 +0000
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 11:41 -0400
Re: Malloc Query David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-06-01 16:33 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 18:34 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-20 02:36 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 12:26 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-20 23:32 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 21:17 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-21 14:30 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-21 11:13 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-22 08:50 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-21 20:03 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-22 13:23 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 10:01 -0400
Re: Malloc Query "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-05-26 08:12 +0200
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 19:16 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 15:03 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-27 09:16 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 17:55 -0400
Re: Malloc Query "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-05-27 05:47 +0200
Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 15:02 -0400
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-18 22:31 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-18 23:37 +0100
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-19 01:50 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 02:50 +0100
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-19 12:14 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 15:10 +0100
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-19 15:48 +0100
Re: Malloc Query cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-05-18 19:31 +0000
Re: Malloc Query Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2011-05-18 21:43 +0000
Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-18 22:58 +0100
Re: Malloc Query Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-17 14:01 -0600
Re: Malloc Query Columbus sailed the ocean China Blue <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-17 13:21 -0700
Re: Malloc Query BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-17 14:08 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-17 19:49 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Lauri Alanko <la@iki.fi> - 2011-05-18 00:50 +0000
Re: Malloc Query Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-17 21:21 -0400
Re: Malloc Query "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-05-18 19:31 +0200
Re: Malloc Query Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-05-18 21:36 +0000
Re: Malloc Query Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-18 21:26 -0400
Re: Malloc Query Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-19 02:07 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-19 21:13 +1200
Re: Malloc Query Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-18 07:08 +0100
Re: Malloc Query David Resnick <lndresnick@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 07:51 -0700
Re: Malloc Query Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-19 09:12 -0600
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