Re: http://www.redhat.com/redhat/ [Memory Overcommit]

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:04:29 -0500 (EST)

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> I have the impression that the kernel was checking against memory
> overcommit since some 1.3.xx kernel version, this is from the
> mm/mmap.c file, function sys_brk:

For the record, on my 32MB/32MB RAM/swap system, malloc fails
after 889 MB (889 * 1MB allocations). I think that qualifies
as over-commit. Using kernel v2.1.26 too.

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