Linux Private Heaps? (similiar to HeapCreate on Win)

aboteler · 04-04-2005, 10:18 AM

Is there a way to create a private heap in Linux so all memory allocations can come from that contiguous pool?

The purpose of this is to keep data in order for arithmetic optimizations with the AMD64 BLAS libraries. We can do this using HeapCreate() in Windows.

Thanks,

Aaron

jailbait · 04-05-2005, 08:18 PM

"The purpose of this is to keep data in order for arithmetic optimizations with the AMD64 BLAS libraries. We can do this using HeapCreate() in Windows."

How can you do that in Windows when Windows does not have working AMD64 support?

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Steve Stites

aboteler · 04-11-2005, 12:59 PM

I made a mistake. The Windows system is your standard Pentium IV. The Linux box is AMD64. Our code is designed to be a portable real-time rendering engine. We would like to make a private heap in Linux similiar to what you can do with HeapCreate. Are their similiar pieces of code that would aid us in developing are own private heap management?

Thanks,

Aaron

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Originally posted by jailbait
"The purpose of this is to keep data in order for arithmetic optimizations with the AMD64 BLAS libraries. We can do this using HeapCreate() in Windows."

How can you do that in Windows when Windows does not have working AMD64 support?

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Steve Stites