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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/Makefile | 4 |
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@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ After you build Redis is a good idea to test it, using: % make test +Buliding using tcmalloc +----------------------- + +tcmalloc is a fast and space efficient implementation of malloc(). Compiling +Redis with it can improve performances and memeory usage. You can read +more about it here: http://goog-perftools.sourceforge.net/doc/tcmalloc.html + +In order to compile Redis with tcmalloc support install tcmalloc on your system +and then use: + + % make USE_TCMALLOC=yes + +Note that you can pass any other target to make, as long as you append +USE_TCMALLOC=yes at the end. + Running Redis ------------- diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile index e1e989c60..dd18b2c70 100644 --- a/src/Makefile +++ b/src/Makefile @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ else CFLAGS?= -std=c99 -pedantic $(OPTIMIZATION) -Wall -W $(ARCH) $(PROF) CCLINK?= -lm -pthread endif + +ifeq ($(USE_TCMALLOC),yes) + CCLINK+= -ltcmalloc +endif CCOPT= $(CFLAGS) $(CCLINK) $(ARCH) $(PROF) DEBUG?= -g -rdynamic -ggdb |