[U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH] Update malloc to dlmalloc version 2.8.4

[T Ziomek <ctz001@email.mot.com>]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 02:50:31PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:16 PM, T Ziomek wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 02:34:32PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>use the bloatcheck script to do a human readable compare between  
> >>the two
> >>objects.  you can find it in the linux kernel.
> >
> >And/or, 'pahole' (Poke-a-hole) or some of the other "7 Dwarves" tools
> >might help shed light on the differences.
> >
> >LWN article <http://lwn.net/Articles/335942/> (how I heard about them)
> >GIT <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/acme/pahole.git>
> >OLS '07 paper <http://oops.ghostprotocols.net:81/acme/7dwarves.pdf> or
> > <http://ols.fedoraproject.org/OLS/Reprints-2007/melo-Reprint.pdf>
> 
> Those would help if the data structs had gotten bigger.  In this case  
> the code itself is just larger.

Right; a more specific suggestion would be "codiff" in that package.
Though maybe you've already extracted the same information in another
way.

Tom
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