libcurl memory use some years later(daniel.haxx.se)
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libcurl memory use some years later
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/21/libcurl-memory-use-some-years-later/
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The increase in the number of allocations is actually a bad sign for performance even if the memory usage is lower. It is good that they are tracking it but the trend is still not great.
1.6% degradation in 5 years is probably better than 99% of actively developed software products
https://valgrind.org/docs/manual/ms-manual.html
Here's the output of massif from the curl command that is used in the posting:
http://oirase.annexia.org/curl-8.18.0-massif.txt