Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 23:32:47 -0700 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Why kernel kills processes that run out of memory instead of just failing memory allocation system calls? Message-ID: <4A14F58F.8000801@rawbw.com>
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Seems like failing system calls (mmap and sbrk) that allocate memory is more graceful and would allow the program to at least issue the reasonable error message. And more intelligent programs would be able to reduce used memory instead of just dying. Yuri
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