Den 13-Mar-00 14:14:19 skrev Khimenko Victor fĝlgende om "Re: Overcomittable memory (Was: Linux 2.2.15pre12)":
> In <1404.107T1850T4774770rask@kampsax.k-net.dk> Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
> (rask@kampsax.k-net.dk) wrote:
>> This doesn't mean that overcommit is a good idea. It just means that
>> fork()/exec() is not a good way of launching programs. Using overcommit to
>> cover up for fork()/exec() deficiencies is like redirecting compiler
>> warnings to /dev/null instead of fixing the code. The symptoms become less
>> visible but the problem remains. The problem could be solved by introducing
>> a new system call with the ability to start an external program as a new
>> process.
> And then we should start playing stupid games with file descriptors. And
> then you can not spawn simple process to communicate with extenal program
> over net. And my 20 apache processes will require 800MiB of virtual memory
> instead of 60MiB they are using now.
Where on Earth did you get those ideas from?
> Not every fork will end up with exec, you know.
I don't think anybody said they do. I surely didn't.
Regards,
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