[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/stdlib Disable malloc's hints to the kernel - now t...

[simonb <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d5733b153c5c
branches:  trunk
changeset: 486379:d5733b153c5c
user:      simonb <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat May 20 15:13:31 2000 +0000

description:
Disable malloc's hints to the kernel - now that the madvise() syscall
actually does something, this can be expensive.  From discussion on
current-users.

Note that the man page is already correct - we imported malloc.c from
FreeBSD before they made the same change but malloc.3 after...

diffstat:

 lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c |  4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (18 lines):

diff -r 3f0835ac18cd -r d5733b153c5c lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c  Sat May 20 15:12:15 2000 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c  Sat May 20 15:13:31 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $NetBSD: malloc.c,v 1.31 2000/04/07 15:15:08 enami Exp $        */
+/*     $NetBSD: malloc.c,v 1.32 2000/05/20 15:13:31 simonb Exp $       */
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 static int malloc_realloc;
 
 /* pass the kernel a hint on free pages ?  */
-static int malloc_hint = 1;
+static int malloc_hint = 0;
 
 /* xmalloc behaviour ?  */
 static int malloc_xmalloc;