David Howells wrote:
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> Note that this patch unconditionally trims allocations, whereas on yours this
> is optional.  That can be easily remedied, if, in fact, the ability to request
> untrimmed allocations is worth doing.

Have you investigated the effect on fragmentation?  I backed off on 
trimming allocations, as it gave unacceptable results.

Is this patch different from the ones I tested last year?  They were not 
stable in my tests back then (fragmentation may have been an issue).


Bernd
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