Messages in this thread |  | | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: the mmap() problem, a'la "grep x /dev/zero" | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:10:20 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> I suspect it's just the fact that Linux doesn't check for memory availability > when doing memory mappings. It _does_ check when increasing the bss, so it > was just a matter of doing that check in both places (the check should > probably be improved too). > > I'm including totally untested patches - I haven't even rebooted (or > compiled) this kernel yet, but the more testers, the merrier. The worst > that can happen is that nothing works, it eats your harddisk, and the > machine goes up in smoke.,. > > (most of this patch is actually just moving "sys_brk()" to where it > belongs) > > Please do tell if this makes a difference for you..
It fixes all of the previously mentioned MM problems on my machine. Great!
Martin
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