[procps] Re: recent library change

  • From: Jim Warner <james.warner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:07:35 -0500

On Sun, 2013-04-07 at 08:29 +1000, Craig Small wrote:
> The size of these files may increase in the future. The realloc code
> should have a best go at getting one of the sizes we know works and then
> reallocating on the exceptions.
> 
> For all practical purposes, if we have a block of 1024 bytes in one
> allocation, then its the same as previously.

Hi Craig,

The patches pending will handle *any* future need in a reasonably
efficient manner.  The buffers will grow by +25% once the initial size
of 4096 is exceeded.

I sure would like to see them pushed 'cause I'll soon have some
important top NUMA extensions ready.

Regards,
Jim



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