2012.09.07 14:16 "Re: [Tiff] Managing the buffer", by Bob Friesenhahn

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012, Robert.Atwood@diamond.ac.uk wrote:

I don't see how to do it without altering the code of libtiff, as far as I can tell _TIFFMalloc just calls malloc() (on unix) and I suppose that, at compile time, the build system uses a different allocation routine depending upon the platform it's on. It would be better for me not to use TIFF than to require having a special 'hacked' version of libtiff!

What operating system are you using?

Some operating systems allow easily replacing the memory allocators at run-time by telling the system to load a library before loading other libraries. For example, under Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD, this can be done via the LD_PRELOAD environment variable. Replacing the underlying memory allocator is a common use for this functionality.

If you are experiencing issues with the memory allocator you could try alternate ones like libumem.

Bob
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