Add a malloc/free stress test.
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of runtime, particularly on larger programs.
- Weaknesses: Highly artificial.
+heap:
+- Description: Does a lot of heap allocation and deallocation, and has a lot
+ of heap blocks live while doing so.
+- Strengths: Stress test for an important sub-system; bug #105039 showed
+ that inefficiencies in heap allocation can make a big
+ difference to programs that allocate a lot.
+- Weaknesses: Highly artificial -- allocation pattern is not real, and only
+ a few different size allocations are used.
+
sarp:
- Description: Does a lot of stack allocation and deallocation.
- Strengths: Tests for a specific performance bug that existed in 3.1.0 and