Date: Tue, 8 Nov 94 09:59:43 -0500
From: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: hvb AT netrix DOT com
Cc: PGOLDA AT eleceng DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: GnuC memory allocation and swapping do disk.

> You only need to touch one location in every 4k block.

True.

> I have another related question?  Will memory allocated by malloc be
> paged out?

Only if the physical memory is needed for something else that wants to
be paged in.