RE: Allocation of too much memory hangs system, kernel 2.2.*

Giuliano Pochini (pochini@denise.shiny.it)
Mon, 31 May 1999 18:41:52 MET DST


>> Program #1 ends with a huge core dump.
>> Program #2 ends with a core too, but it is very little, about 8MB.
>> Strange.
>
>First program places a[] on the stack. This stack is constantly being
>referenced, so it is physically allocated.

Ehmm, no, I made a mistake... it is the *first* program, which uses the
stack, that ends at 8MB... That's why, IMHO, it's very strange.

Bye.

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