'Re: Review Request 117827: malloc_trim is a gnu extension'

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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Review Request 117827: malloc_trim is a gnu extension
From:       "Vishesh Handa" <me () vhanda ! in>
Date:       2014-04-28 12:45:45
Message-ID: 20140428124545.9428.90451 () probe ! kde ! org
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Ship it!

I was trying to keep the memory used by the process to a minimum and in this \
particular case free would not return the memory back to the kernel, hence the \
explicit trim command. Ship it for now. Maybe we want to use a better solution in the \
future.

- Vishesh Handa

On April 28, 2014, 9:48 a.m., Patrick Spendrin wrote:
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> (Updated April 28, 2014, 9:48 a.m.)
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> Review request for Baloo and kdewin.
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> Repository: baloo
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> Description
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> malloc_trim is a gnu extension, so it doesn't work on windows. I am not sure what \
> the exact purpose of this call is (is the memory not freed elsewhere?), so I'd like \
> to have some comments on it. 
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> Diffs
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> src/xapian/xapiandatabase.cpp 0478139 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/117827/diff/
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> windows msvc 2010
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> Thanks,
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 <p>Ship it!</p>

 <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
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memory used by the process to a minimum and in this particular case free would not \
return the memory back to the kernel, hence the explicit trim command. Ship it for \
now. Maybe we want to use a better solution in the future.</pre>  <br />

<p>- Vishesh Handa</p>

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<p>On April 28th, 2014, 9:48 a.m. UTC, Patrick Spendrin wrote:</p>

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<div>Review request for Baloo and kdewin.</div>
<div>By Patrick Spendrin.</div>

<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated April 28, 2014, 9:48 a.m.</i></p>

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baloo
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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break-word;">malloc_trim is a gnu extension, so it doesn&#39;t work on windows. I am \
not sure what the exact purpose of this call is (is the memory not freed elsewhere?), \
so I&#39;d like to have some comments on it.</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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 <li>src/xapian/xapiandatabase.cpp <span style="color: grey">(0478139)</span></li>

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