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Re: [PATCH] Simple malloc benchtest.
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: =?utf-8?B?T25kxZllaiBCw61sa2E=?= <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- Cc: Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:07:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Simple malloc benchtest.
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- References: <20131221153303 dot GA8420 at domone dot podge> <CANu=DmiknJbnr0donGEEyG__o1Unpd7iEjeQ1LSEpv_vJNO1TA at mail dot gmail dot com> <20131221214545 dot GA5621 at domone> <CANu=DmiVik=zR+_XWkytaAMFu8iUDEbRBe+rF6O=Zk4Vo59SyA at mail dot gmail dot com> <20131227173621 dot GA15270 at domone>
=?utf-8?B?T25kxZllaiBCw61sa2E=?= <neleai@seznam.cz> writes:
> [...] But in general we are not that constrained by memory and
> runtime requirements, we could spend much more resources in
> generating a distribution that will be used. [...]
I'd like to note just once more that so much effort to generate a fake
usage scenario may be better spent measuring actual usage scenarios
for replay purposes. Getting to a 100%-accurate power-law
distribution still begs the question of relevance to actual
applications' malloc profiles.
- FChE