Re: When should ralloc.c be used?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:12:27 -0400
> 
> >> But I fail to see what's hard about changing that to "rel_alloc=no,
> >> mmap=yes".
> > Why do we need mmap at all?  Why not just use malloc (as implemented
> > by gmalloc)?
> 
> AFAIU the reason we use ralloc is because of memory fragmentation, and
> mmap brings similar benefits.

But we have successfully used the glibc's malloc, without mmap, for
years without any sign of fragmentation problems.  So these
fragmentation problems are not as bad as they sound, at least in one
malloc implementation.