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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:56:55 +0930 (CST)
From:      Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To:        alec@relex.ru (Alec Kalinin)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Probably bug with allocation memory in FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <199908170826.RAA70438@gizmo.internode.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <01b001bee885$cca7b570$a34562c3@alec.relex.ru> from "Alec Kalinin" at Aug 17, 99 11:54:57 am

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Alec Kalinin wrote:

 > I think, mentioned below program probably show the bug in virtual memory
 > subsystem in FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE. After running this program, FreeBSD comes
 > into "out of swap" state, then hungs.
 
Well, yeah, that's becuase you're running it out of swap by trying to
allocate a gigabyte of memory.

 > Why i think this is bug? Because any user can hung FreeBSD, settings in
 > /etc/login.conf can't help.

Are you sure about that?  Setting datasize limits will prevent
malloc() from doing what you're trying to make it do.  Are you 
sure you're setting your login.conf settings properly?

   - mark


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