Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Oliver S.
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 08:14 pm

>> If you really need performance, use thread-local pooling for
>> memory allocations (the local pool may swap memory-blocks with
> a global pool)

> Swapping memory blocks - is that some sort of moveable memory?

No, it just makes sense to give back pooled memory when the
thread-local pool's size becomes to large.

>> and if you need even more performance, use thread-local pools
>> for equally sized objects. That's a magnitude faster than lock-free
>> allocations on a global heap.

> Which measurements of which lock-free allocator with a
> global heap are you referring to?

I don't need any concrete implementation to claim, that thread-local
pooling with equally sized-blocks ist much faster than any lock-free
allocator.

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