malloc changes

[Matthew Dillon]

:
:this stuff is all optional and off by default, the default behavior of
:this patch should be roughly equivalent to the old malloc except that
:it doesnt use brk/sbrk...  when you turn on guard pages and free page
:protection(options G and F) you WILL see segfaults.  I know xmms has
:issues for sure.
:
:-Kevin
:
:On 2/2/06, Emil Mikulic <emikulic at xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> A better explanation:
:> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/87489

    The main thing I'm looking for is that mainstream programs continue
    to operate with default settings and that there is no serious 
    (or any) degredation in performance, again with default settings.

    The debugging options the new code brings in look pretty interesting.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>