Can multithreading speed up memory allocation?

Question

I\'m working with an 8 core processor, and am using Boost threads to run a large program. Logically, the program can be split into groups, where each group is run by a threa

Answer 1

You need to check your compiler documentation whether it makes the allocator thread safe or not. If it does not, then you will need to overload your new operator and make it thread safe. Else it will result in either a segfault or UB.