Re: [Valgrind-users] --free-list-vol limit

[John R. <jr...@bi...>]

On 10/14/2011 08:01 AM, Yeshurun, Meir wrote:
> 1. How do you know that?

By the statistics on downloads of valgrind (as adjusted for typical
multiple-installs-from-one-download), by the statistics on
median {,S}DRAM in x86* machines of any kind (still < 4GB),
by the limits on memory controller drive and DRAM die density
(16GB in a common box < $1000 or so), and by traveling around.

> 2. They are going to become increasingly common

In absolute numbers, yes.  But in the next five years
the percentage still will be less than 1%.
(Even discounting the fact that "smartphones" are
full-fledged computers in every way, already vastly
outnumber x86* machines of all kinds, and will take
a while to exceed even 1GB DRAM.)

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