Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:28:20 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Vadim Goncharov <vadimnuclight@tpu.ru> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sbrk(2), OOM-killer and malloc() overcommit Message-ID: <20080104192820.GM947@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <opt4euzyj44fjv08@nuclight.avtf.net> References: <opt4euzyj44fjv08@nuclight.avtf.net>
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--m972NQjnE83KvVa/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:08:12PM +0600, Vadim Goncharov wrote: >will make a bad reputation for FreeBSD as a server platform. But there ar= e=20 >related "bug", in that of malloc overcommit, which can be demonstrated by= =20 >this short program (if no resource limits are present, you'll see): This is a feature, not a bug. >http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/overcommit/index.html - but it has never=20 >gone into src tree. So why we still have this problem, why not have at=20 >least this patch?.. Overcommit has been bikeshedded extensively in the past. I suggest you study the archives first. --=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. --m972NQjnE83KvVa/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHfojU/opHv/APuIcRAsskAJ4y6oWbS4Cq/du+Q3FRugdQvrZ7MgCgw+WE 3iiK4zR7mytCsQXXQeeyE4s= =qFUb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --m972NQjnE83KvVa/--
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