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| author | Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> | 2014-03-31 16:16:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> | 2014-03-31 16:16:59 (GMT) |
| commit | 9c62ed44b04610bd5465c8aaeec5623280015d41 (patch) | |
| tree | fc8f2a44095e3b2914c6a25d6362e1687b9d56e2 /doc | |
| parent | 82abf6fe6913a0f8bccc5ad8aeab081a8d9a5ed8 (diff) | |
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Document how dss precedence affects huge allocation.
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diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in index c7e2e87..d8e2e71 100644 --- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in +++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in @@ -1439,8 +1439,12 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting> <listitem><para>Set the precedence of dss allocation as related to mmap allocation for arena <i>, or for all arenas if <i> equals <link - linkend="arenas.narenas"><mallctl>arenas.narenas</mallctl></link>. See - <link linkend="opt.dss"><mallctl>opt.dss</mallctl></link> for supported + linkend="arenas.narenas"><mallctl>arenas.narenas</mallctl></link>. Note + that even during huge allocation this setting is read from the arena + that would be chosen for small or large allocation so that applications + can depend on consistent dss versus mmap allocation regardless of + allocation size. See <link + linkend="opt.dss"><mallctl>opt.dss</mallctl></link> for supported settings. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |