linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.19-rc3

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CA+55aFw_QqayT8mYJP-wPjs0FuGo8rBiUv00+CzQrQotgn6bPw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:42:47 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc:	David Lang <david@...g.hm>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.19-rc3

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de> wrote:
>
> Yet that is what any VirtualAlloc() call on Windows does
> One thing less left to wonder why 'doze is such a performance pig...

Well, to be fair, you shouldn't use VirtualAlloc() as some 'malloc()'
replacement. It's  more of a backing store allocator for malloc() and
friends than anything else.

                         Linus
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/