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diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 1af280c..be7c5df 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ by a supervision suite. </li> and <a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/unsetenv.html">unsetenv()</a>) to store uevent data for each event. This implies repeated allocations of heap memory. By contrast, mdevd does not use its own environment - it -actually does not use heap memory at all. All the memory it uses is -committed (in the stack) at start time, and it will never grow during -its lifetime. </li> +only uses heap memory to compile its regular expressions, which only happens +at start and when you reload its configuration file. All the rest of the +memory it uses is committed in the stack, and it will never require more. +mdevd cannot fail due to lack of memory while it is processing events. </li> <li> Better speed: <tt>mdev -d</tt> parses its config file for every event it receives, and has to perform expensive operations such as <a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getpwnam.html">getpwnam()</a> |