Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> The merge sort is here:
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/stdlib/msort.c?rev=1.21&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=glibc
> It uses alloca, so we're good here.
Uh ... but it also uses malloc, and potentially a honkin' big malloc at
that (up to a quarter of physical RAM). So I'm worried again.
Anyway, Qingqing's question still needs to be answered: how can a sort
of under 30k items take so long?
regards, tom lane
