Hackernews posts about Malloc
Malloc is a fundamental memory allocation function in computer programming that dynamically allocates and deallocates memory blocks for programs to use.
- Comparison of Malloc() Algorithms (egbert.net)
- What Linux does when you malloc()? (medium.com)
- Performance of Static Rust with MUSL (2025) (raniz.se)
- Malicious Virtualizor update served via BGP hijacking (www.virtualizor.com)
- The State of Allocators in 2026 – 6 Months Later (cetra3.github.io)
- Efficient capital allocation in media as it relates to catalog IP (sidecar-part-ii.danieldeboulay.com)
- The State of Allocators in 2026 – 6 Months Later (cetra3.github.io)
- Allocator Designs (os.phil-opp.com)
- Lost Bytes at the Crossroads Between User- and Kernel-Level Memory Allocation [pdf] (www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de)
- Exploring GrapheneOS secure allocator: Hardened Malloc (www.synacktiv.com)
- Some bits on malloc(0) in C being allowed to return NULL (utcc.utoronto.ca)
- Why malloc always does more than I asked for? (ssenthilnathan3.github.io)
- Battle of the Mallocators (smalldatum.blogspot.com)
- Exploring GrapheneOS secure allocator: Hardened Malloc (www.synacktiv.com)
- Memory Safety with MallocPlusAI (twitter.com)
- Why I Ditched Malloc for AI Inference (gilli.dev)
- Writing a preloadable malloc in Rust, using MMTk (www.humprog.org)
- Exploring GrapheneOS secure allocator: Hardened Malloc (www.synacktiv.com)
- Remove editorializing ("infamous OOM killer") from malloc man page (2010) (bugzilla.kernel.org)
- The Malloc Maleficarum (2005) (seclists.org)
- Xzone Malloc (github.com)
- Malloc() vs. MMAP(MAP_SHARED) in Multithreaded Programs (carun.github.io)
- Untagged Mallocs (wingolog.org)
- Darwin: Libsystem_malloc .dylib and XZone (df-f.com)
- Glibc malloc performance degradation with CPU affinity masks (bugs.launchpad.net)
- Gemini, Malloc, and Me (substack.com)
- Writing a preloadable malloc in Rust, using MMTk (www.humprog.org)
- A Malloc Tutorial [pdf] (github.com)