From 1b3d485e87573867f5368552c268b19bc40b79b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 07:19:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarify that the slab design isn't like jemalloc --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d61874a..ee48713 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ separate region with the memory left non-readable and non-writable. The slab slot count for each size class is not yet finely tuned beyond choosing values avoiding internal fragmentation for slabs (i.e. avoiding wasted space due to page size rounding). -The choice of size classes is the same as jemalloc: +The choice of size classes is the same as jemalloc, but with a much different approach to the +slabs containing them: > size classes are multiples of the quantum [16], spaced such that there are four size classes for > each doubling in size, which limits internal fragmentation to approximately 20% for all but the