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diff --git a/third_party/tcmalloc/vendor/NEWS b/third_party/tcmalloc/vendor/NEWS index 62a2f62..52bb1fb 100644 --- a/third_party/tcmalloc/vendor/NEWS +++ b/third_party/tcmalloc/vendor/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,35 @@ -== 7 February 2011 == +== 15 July 2011 == + +I've just released perftools 1.8 + +Of the many changes in this release, a good number pertain to porting. +I've revamped OS X support to use the malloc-zone framework; it should +now Just Work to link in tcmalloc, without needing +`DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE` or the like. (This is a pretty major +change, so please feel free to report feedback at +google-perftools@googlegroups.com.) 64-bit Windows support is also +improved, as is ARM support, and the hooks are in place to improve +FreeBSD support as well. + +On the other hand, I'm seeing hanging tests on Cygwin. I see the same +hanging even with (the old) perftools 1.7, so I'm guessing this is +either a problem specific to my Cygwin installation, or nobody is +trying to use perftools under Cygwin. If you can reproduce the +problem, and even better have a solution, you can report it at +google-perftools@googlegroups.com. + +Internal changes include several performance and space-saving tweaks. +One is user-visible (but in "stealth mode", and otherwise +undocumented): you can compile with `-DTCMALLOC_SMALL_BUT_SLOW`. In +this mode, tcmalloc will use less memory overhead, at the cost of +running (likely not noticeably) slower. + +There are many other changes as well, too numerous to recount here, +but present in the +[http://google-perftools.googlecode.com/svn/tags/perftools-1.8/ChangeLog ChangeLog]. + + +=== 7 February 2011 === Thanks to endlessr..., who [http://code.google.com/p/google-perftools/issues/detail?id=307 identified] @@ -9,7 +40,7 @@ some aggressive optimizations used in MSVC 10. I'll fix the test, but in the meantime, feel free to use perftools even when compiled under MSVC 10. -== 4 February 2011 == +=== 4 February 2011 === I've just released perftools 1.7 |