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    SubjectRe: Memory management in Kernel 2.4.x
    Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
    > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 02:34:00PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    >
    >>Doesn't help. exec() should fail.
    >
    >
    > Only if you're out of memory (any sane app nowadays does not allocate
    > memory from data/bss).
    >

    .data/.bss is writable, and will need to be allocated to avoid
    overcommitment, so the exec() will fail.

    -hpa


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