Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:36:54 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> Cc: Gabor <gabor@vmunix.com> Subject: Re: malloc does not return null when out of memory Message-ID: <20030723223654.GA24008@moghedien.mukappabeta.net> In-Reply-To: <20030723221336.GA26555@pit.databus.com> References: <20030723173427.GA72876@vmunix.com> <20030723140329.C92624@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20030723221336.GA26555@pit.databus.com>
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Barney Wolff writes:
>One might argue that this is a config error, and ulimit should be used
>to cut the address space to below actually available memory.
Wasn't there a sysctl flag to enable/disable overcommitting?
I think I remember something but I can't find it; it might
not have been on FreeBSD.
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Matthias Buelow; mkb@{mukappabeta.de,informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de}
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