[PATCH 2/2] Document the M_ARENA_* mallopt parameters

[Andreas Schwab]

On Okt 18 2016, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> wrote:

> So something like this is more accurate:
>
>     The default value of this parameter is 0, meaning that the limit on
>     the number of arenas is determined by the number of CPU cores
>     online and the size of the '''long''' datatype.  For 32-bit systems
>     the limit of on the number of arenas is 2 * '''number of CPU cores
                                              twice the
>     online''' while 64-bit systems, the limit on the number of arenas
>     is 8 * '''number of CPU cores online'''.  If information on CPU
         eight times the
>     cores is not available, it is assumed that there are 2 CPU cores
>     online.

Andreas.

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