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From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:03:35AM +0200, Niklas Sorensson wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I was wondering how to turn off the debug options mentioned in /usr/src/U=
PDATING.
> So far, I only found these kernel options:
>=20
> options        KDB
> options        DDB
> options        GDB
> options        INVARIANTS
> options        INVARIANT_SUPPORT
> options        WITNESS
> options        WITNESS_SKIPSPIN
>=20
> Are there any other options that affect performance? The note mentions
> malloc-debugging flags, but I don't know how to turn it off.

That's the big stuff in the kernel.  For malloc options, see the
malloc(3) manpage.  To completely disable the default malloc debugging
options do:

ln -s 'aj' /etc/malloc.conf

-- Brooks

--=20
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