Date: 19 Jul 1999 18:06:37 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com> Cc: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Overcommit and calloc() Message-ID: <xzp3dykmxo2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: "Kelly Yancey"'s message of "Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:54:05 -0400" References: <001501bed1fe$edf66980$291c453f@kbyanc.alcnet.com>
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"Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com> writes: > I'm afraid my question got lost amongst the see of overcommit messages. :) > I was curious if calloc() was overcommitted also? Here's our calloc() implementation: void * calloc(num, size) size_t num; register size_t size; { register void *p; size *= num; if ( (p = malloc(size)) ) bzero(p, size); return(p); } so the answer is yes, it overcommits, but the bzero() may cause the system to run out of swap. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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