On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 11:16:05AM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2025-02-07, Daniel Wilkins <t...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 03:37:31AM +0100, Christian Schulte wrote:
> >> Hi @misc,
> >>
> >> does OpenBSD provide something equivalent to Linux' malloc_trim(3)[1]? I
> >> am yet to port an application from Linux to OpenBSD and that application
> >> is making use of malloc_trim(3). I removed the calls to malloc_trim(3)
> >> --
> >> Christian
> >>
> > Obvious question but: did you try just running it on OpenBSD?
> > "We didn't bother releasing the memory you freed because you might want
> > memory again" sounds like a Linux being stupid thing.
>
> If it's called from lots of places and hard to remove, find a good
> spot to put this:
>
> #define malloc_trim(p) ;
>
> --
> Please keep replies on the mailing list.
>
This might introduce unwanted changes, better leave out the semicolon
and return a value as malloc_trip() returns int.
e.g
if (malloc_trim())
...
will break. This is better:
#define malloc_trim(p) 1
-Otto
