Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:51:32 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sbrk(2) broken Message-ID: <20080104095132.GC947@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <E1JAg1t-0000Yt-0f@clue.co.za> References: <20080104002002.L30578@fledge.watson.org> <E1JAg1t-0000Yt-0f@clue.co.za>
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--GV0iVqYguTV4Q9ER Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 08:27:41AM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote: >I have long lived processes that continuously handle very valuable >data and potentially get very large (several GB). I'd like that >process to be able to make a rational decision about what happens to its >memory contents when an allocation fails rather than having the >proverbial rug pulled out from under it. Rug pulling at any point=20 >can cost an annual salary or two. If you google for freebsd+sigdanger, you will find that this topic was first discussed nearly 10 years ago. Unfortunately, no progress appears to have been made, though it crops up every few years. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --GV0iVqYguTV4Q9ER Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHfgGk/opHv/APuIcRAq5uAKCRVg6oSCk3pAtapDSsyL437xaQnwCfZrH3 wtY4Xm0mGdNFTsBVK/OzQsY= =hte+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GV0iVqYguTV4Q9ER--
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