microsoft / microsoft/mimalloc
[feature request] add mallinfo()/mallinfo2() implementations
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Description
While these functions aren't officially part of the POSIX standard (yet), mallinfo() and mallinfo2() are present in most libc malloc implementations.
It would be nice if mimalloc had a working implementation to make it work as a drop-in replacement for system malloc even in applications that rely on this.
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mallinfo.3.html
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Research direction
Start by reading the mallinfo(3) documentation linked in the issue and inspect mimalloc's existing system-malloc compatibility surface. Done means providing working mallinfo() and mallinfo2() implementations so applications relying on these interfaces can use mimalloc as a drop-in replacement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100