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Date:      Sat, 25 Apr 1998 12:31:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysctl from Linux (*envy*)
Message-ID:  <199804251631.MAA08608@rtfm.ziplink.net>
In-Reply-To: <19980425182642.30642@follo.net> from "Eivind Eklund" at "Apr 25, 98 06:26:42 pm"

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Eivind Eklund once stated:

=> Wait. Then, I'm confused. Does linux's overcommit_memory affect kernel
=> or libc's malloc? 

=kernel.
=
=It stop the kernel from giving out page-mappings it doesn't have
=backing for.

Oh, so, strictly speaking, it does not have much to do with malloc
at all, but rather with sbrk(2)? Your initial posting confused me.

	-mi

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