On 12/22/05, Jesper Juhl <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/21/05, Jie Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I first asked this question on uClinux mailing list. My first question
> > is <http://mailman.uclinux.org/pipermail/uclinux-dev/2005-December/036042.html>.
> > Although I found this issue on uClinux, it's also can be demostrated
> > on Linux. This is a small program:
> >
> [snip memory hog]
> >
> > When I run it on my Linux notebook, it will be killed. I expect to see
> > it prints out "fail".
> >
>
> You are seeing the effects of Linux overcommitting memory.
>
[snip]
>
> For more information read Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting ,
> Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt & Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
>
Thanks a lot! Your explaination is very detailed and easier to
understand than the doc for me.
Best Regards,
Jie
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