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Re: Bug#245678: zsh: built-in rm -rf fills up the memory

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Bug#245678: zsh: built-in rm -rf fills up the memory
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 15:54:59 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sat, 8 May 2004, Clint Adams wrote:

> Should H_ISIZE be changed to the page size when USE_MMAP is defined, or
> is there a reason to keep it the sizeof(union mem_align) ?

Changing H_ISIZE won't fix the underlying cause of the bug, it'll just 
cause it to manifest only once every 4096/sizeof(union mem_align) calls
rather than on every call.

We need to find out what code branch is calling zhalloc() on every small
increment, and why that code branch is being taken.

References:
- Re: Bug#245678: zsh: built-in rm -rf fills up the memory
  - From: Clint Adams

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