Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:03:44 -0000 (GMT) | From | Anton Ivanov <> | Subject | Re: Overcommitable memory?? |
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> > I do - they just are not enforced. Each time a process forks it gets the > same limits that the parent has. The sum of all processes then becomes > > than the system.
Correct, If limits page is not lying Linux does not have GLOBAL limits. And methinks that is has grown big enough to need them.
My 0.02$
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