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Android libc version and malloc implementation

Hello.

What libc implementation is used in Android platform? What malloc implementation is used (ptmalloc or tcmalloc or anything other)?

+3  A: 

libc is Bionic and malloc is Doug Lea version named dlmalloc (with USE_LOCKS enabled for thread-safety)

osgx  2010-02-15 15:08:41

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