Re: PATCH: two slab-like memory allocators - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: PATCH: two slab-like memory allocators
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Msg-id 08542375-63f8-db53-daa0-f73745fdaa00@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: PATCH: two slab-like memory allocators  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 10/25/16 4:48 PM, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> The main issue that bugs me is the name of the Gen allocator, but I
> don't have a good naming ideas :( The basic characteristics of Gen is
> that it does not reuse space released by pfree(), relying on the fact
> that the whole block will become free. That should be reflected in the
> name somehow, I guess.

OneTime? OneUse? OneShot? AllocOnce?

OneHitWonder? ;P
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