Re: Question on the current behaviour of malloc () on Linux

On 12/21/05, linux-os (Dick Johnson) <[email protected]> wrote:
[snip]
>
> To make your wishes come true execute:
>      echo "1" >/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory

s/"1"/"2"/

> ... as a super-user.
>
> That will make malloc() fail when there isn't any more virtual
> memory.
>
[snip]

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References:
- Question on the current behaviour of malloc () on Linux
  - From: Jie Zhang <[email protected]>
- Re: Question on the current behaviour of malloc () on Linux
  - From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <[email protected]>

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