1*a9643ea8SlogwangReadme for Octeon shared memory malloc
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3*a9643ea8SlogwangThis malloc is based on ptmalloc2, which is the malloc
4*a9643ea8Slogwangimplementation of glibc.  Source code and more information
5*a9643ea8Slogwangon this can be found at http://www.malloc.de/en/index.html.
6*a9643ea8SlogwangPlease see the individual files for licensing terms.
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8*a9643ea8SlogwangThe main change to the code modifies the way the malloc
9*a9643ea8Slogwanggets memory from the system.  Under Linux/Unix, malloc
10*a9643ea8Slogwanguses the brk or memmap sytem calls to request more memory.
11*a9643ea8SlogwangIn this implementation, memory regions must be explicitly
12*a9643ea8Slogwanggiven to malloc by the application.
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