Re: Squid and mallinfo() on Solaris 2

webadm@info.cam.ac.uk writes:

>If not lost in the mists of time, does anyone know why configure.in
>explicitly avoids the library which includes mallinfo? Is it, in fact, safe
>to use -lmalloc with Squid on Solaris 2 (2.4? 2.5?), getting mallinfo and
>the associated version of malloc etc.? If it *is* OK to use -lmalloc, is
>there any way to get configure to use it short of attacking configure.in
>with an editor to remove the explicit check (and is that sufficient for it
>to find it in /usr/ccs/lib)?
>
>I suspect the answer will be "mallinfo is ignored because that library is
>broken", but alternatively it may be "... that library was broken in earlier
>versions of Solaris 2", and it's OK to use now.

Historically, -lmalloc has cause very serious memory leaks on all
Sun/Solaris versions. I don't have a full list of exactly which
versions. I certainly wouldn't recommend linking with -lmalloc
until someone is brave enough to confirm that its not broken
any more.

BTW, installing gnumalloc as described at
http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ/FAQ-3.html#ss3.3 will get you mstats()
which is similar to, but simpler than mallinfo().

Duane W.
Received on Mon Aug 25 1997 - 23:08:56 MDT