Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Aug 1998 01:49:31 -0400 | From | Division by Zero <> | Subject | Re: Small problem with malloc() tested on 2.1.117/115 (and maybe affecting others) |
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It is disabled! And it'll still overcommit memory??? (/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory contains 0)
Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
> Division by Zero <paradox@maine.rr.com> wrote: > > I have found that when I malloc() memory and do not access it/clear it, > > I can malloc() a very large amount (around 2 gigabytes). I only have > > around 170 MB in swap and ram. If I immediately memset() after each > > Look for memory over-committing in the documentation. You can > disable this if it is a problem for you, but system-wide only, > and only in 2.1.x > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html
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