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diff --git a/share/doc/papers/malloc/abs.ms b/share/doc/papers/malloc/abs.ms new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f58d719f4c28 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/papers/malloc/abs.ms @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +.\" +.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): +.\" <phk@FreeBSD.org> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you +.\" can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think +.\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp +.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.if n .ND +.TL +Malloc(3) in modern Virtual Memory environments. +.sp +Revised +Fri Apr 5 12:50:07 1996 +.AU +Poul-Henning Kamp +.AI +<phk@FreeBSD.org> +Den Andensidste Viking +Valbygaardsvej 8 +DK-4200 Slagelse +Denmark +.AB +Malloc/free is one of the oldest parts of the C language environment +and obviously the world has changed a bit since it was first made. +The fact that most UNIX kernels have changed from swap/segment to +virtual memory/page based memory management has not been sufficiently +reflected in the implementations of the malloc/free API. +.PP +A new implementation was designed, written, tested and bench-marked +with an eye on the workings and performance characteristics of modern +Virtual Memory systems. +.AE |