From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 4 19:28:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0528216A41B for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:28:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9335C13C458 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:28:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m04JSLaK004232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:28:22 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m04JSLCr019519; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:28:21 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m04JSK76019518; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:28:20 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:28:20 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Vadim Goncharov Message-ID: <20080104192820.GM947@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="m972NQjnE83KvVa/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: sbrk(2), OOM-killer and malloc() overcommit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:28:25 -0000 --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/--