[RFC] New mallinfo64 as alternative for 32bit mallinfo

Joseph Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
Tue Nov 18 14:50:00 GMT 2014


On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, Holger Hopp wrote:

> - malloc_info (returning a XML string) is a slow and extensive
>   interface for the simple task of reporting some data for monitoring
>   and it does not even report the mmap memory. --> useless

If there's something important malloc_info does not report, being XML the 
additional information can readily be added without breaking 
compatibility.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com



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