On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:32 PM Igor Gnatenko < ignatenkobr...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:29 PM Florian Weimer <fwei...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> I would like to request a change of the Packaging Guidelines, advising >> packagers not to interpose malloc. >> >> The reasons are: >> >> * We have resources to support glibc malloc, but not for other mallocs. >> * Other mallocs do not follow ABI and provide insufficient alignment. >> * Choosing a malloc is workload-dependent and forcing a non-default >> malloc takes options away from system administrators. >> >> This does not concern other allocators, such as Boehm GC or APR, only >> the standard malloc interfaces. >> > >> Comments? >> > > How does one detect that some other allocator is used? Do we have some > automated tools? Do you have a draft? > > P.S. Packaged Rust uses glibc's allocator, upstream uses malloc. > jemalloc I meant. > > > Thanks, >> Florian >> _______________________________________________ >> devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43MAKHBKT5HHO6QEXQASWATMMK3TSH3K/ >> > -- > > -Igor Gnatenko > -- -Igor Gnatenko
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