Re: sort(1) memory usage

Erik Trulsson <[e-mail]> writes:
> Yep, it seems that GNU sort allocates a quite large buffer by default when
> the size of the input is unknown (such as when it reads input from stdin.)
> A quick check in the source code indicates that it tries to size this buf=
fer
> according to how much memory the system has (and according to any limits =
set
> on how much memory the process is allowed to use.)

Uh, OK.  This scaling doesn't seem to work correctly.  It seems to
allocate 27 MB on 32-bit machines and 54 MB on 64-bit machines,
regardless of memory size.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - [e-mail]
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