[U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH] Update malloc to dlmalloc version 2.8.4
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Tue Jul 7 22:22:16 CEST 2009
On 15:02 Tue 07 Jul , Scott Wood wrote:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
> > Those would help if the data structs had gotten bigger. In this case
> > the code itself is just larger.
>
> Perhaps we should look into using/writing a malloc implementation that
> takes a space/speed tradeoff more in line with U-boot's requirements
> (using a simple first-fit linear scan of free blocks, for example) --
> and hopefully more readable than dlmalloc?
>
> I nominate those with the tightest space requirements to do this. :-)
I agree it's sound a better plan
but I'll take a lot's of time
Best Regards,
J.
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