On 11 Jul 2002, Robert Love wrote:
>...
> In the strictest of modes, it should be impossible to allocate more
> memory than available and impossible to OOM. All memory failures should
> be pushed down to the allocation routines -- malloc, mmap, etc.
>...
Out of interest:
How is assured that it's impossible to OOM when the amount of memory
shrinks?
IOW:
- allocate very much memory
- "swapoff -a"
> Enjoy,
>
> Robert Love
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Adrian
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