Re: Maximizing brk() space on stock ia32 Linux 2.4.x

[Wayne Whitney]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 [e-mail] wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]> you wrote:
>
> > Given the limitation of running under a stock ia32 Linux 2.4.x kernel
> > (e.g. TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE = 0x40000000 and __PAGE_OFFSET = 0xC0000000), how
> > can one write a program in a way to maximize the address space available
> > for brk()?  For example:
> 
> Try using the "hoard" preload library for malloc() 
> Does wonders...

I'm sure it does wonders for malloc(), but I'm talking about programs that
use sbrk()/brk(), for whatever reason.  :-)  I suppose I could try reading
the source and documentation for "hoard" to see what it does.

Thanks, Wayne