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# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 515644 35804 479840 19068 4676 16000
-/+ buffers: 15128 500516
Swap: 130748 0 130748
#
# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.1
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struct {
int kd1[2];
char ab[256 * 1024 * 1024];
int kd2[2];
} chol;
main(int i)
{
chol.kd1[0] = 0;
chol.kd2[0] = 0;
}
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sometimes the size of array ab[] in the structure can be ~250M before crashing,
sometimes only ~200-210 MB, on a PC with 128M ram + 128M swap we typically
hit a limit of ~180M even if much more virtual space (ram+swap) is free.
what am I missing, which limit are we hitting ?
Harald
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