Bug 1426275 - [DS 10.1.1] Update release notes for switch to tcmalloc
Summary: [DS 10.1.1] Update release notes for switch to tcmalloc
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Directory Server
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Doc-release-notes
Version: 10.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Marc Muehlfeld
QA Contact: Viktor Ashirov
Marc Muehlfeld
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Blocks: 1425467
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-02-23 15:26 UTC by mreynolds
Modified: 2017-05-29 09:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Directory Server now uses the *tcmalloc* memory allocator Red Hat Directory Server now uses the *tcmalloc* memory allocator. The previously used standard *glibc* allocator required more memory, and in certain situations, the server could run out of memory. Using the *tcmalloc* memory allocator, Directory Server now requires less memory, and the performance increased.
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Last Closed: 2017-05-29 09:52:59 UTC
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Description mreynolds 2017-02-23 15:26:56 UTC 
Description of problem:

We need to document(release notes?) that we have switched over to using tcmalloc, instead of glibc memory allocator.

Design doc:

http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/design/tcmalloc-design.html
Comment 4 Robert Krátký 2017-04-24 10:01:37 UTC 
Added one comma :-)
Comment 5 Marc Muehlfeld 2017-05-29 09:52:59 UTC 
The release note of this 389-ds-base enhancement has been published in the RHEL 7.4 beta release notes:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html
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