Den 19-Mar-00 22:31:05 skrev James Sutherland f�lgende om "Re: Avoiding OOM on overcommit...?":
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 07:39:23 -0600, you wrote:
>>I have no problem with overcommit on a workstation system that is
>>dedicated to one user. It is truly horrible to do that to a server,
>>whether it is for web usage, mail, DNS, disk, or multiple users.
> How is demand-allocation of VM a "horrible" thing to do?
The way linux does it, for example. malloc() and fork() do not permit
the kernel to do demand-allocation, but linux uses it in those cases
anyway. That breaks programs.
Regards,
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