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authorjasone <jasone@FreeBSD.org>2012-04-17 20:35:54 +0000
committerjasone <jasone@FreeBSD.org>2012-04-17 20:35:54 +0000
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Update directions on how to disable malloc debugging.
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@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
kernel. Many developers choose to disable these features on build
- machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
- ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
+ machines to maximize performance. (To completely disable malloc
+ debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
+ disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
+ "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20120417:
The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
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