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Subject: Re: Speeding up exit(2)?
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>>
>> is it your program and you are sure it's on exit?
>
> Every memory hungry program is concerned; and yes: it happens exactly
> on exit.

strange.
i just wrote a test program

#include <stdio.h>
int test[1024*1024*128];
main() {
  int a;
  for(a=0;a<1024*1024*128;a++) test[a]=a;
  puts("end");
}


it fills 512MB RAM and then ends. i have 256MB RAM in laptop

it swapped a lot, then wrote "end" and immediately exited.