Difference between revisions of "Memory management internals"
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* [http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/heartbleed-vs-mallocconf heartbleed-vs-mallocconf] | * [http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/heartbleed-vs-mallocconf heartbleed-vs-mallocconf] | ||
* [http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse] | * [http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse] | ||
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| + | These posts recommend getting rid of that internal free list (custom memory allocation), | ||
| + | and simply calling malloc/free directly. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 9 October 2014
free list in libssl[edit]
libssl maintains an internal free list, rather than calling malloc/free directly. See these two blog posts:
These posts recommend getting rid of that internal free list (custom memory allocation), and simply calling malloc/free directly.
