Re: Avoiding OOM on overcommit...?

From: Olaf Weber (olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl)
Date: Sat Mar 25 2000 - 04:10:58 EST

Sandy Harris writes:

> Earlier in this thread, though, someone suggested replacing malloc()
> with calloc() to ensure that space actually gets allocated. That should
> not be necessary.

Nor should it work, because the implementation of calloc relies on the
kernel zeroing new pages, and therefore won't touch new pages. 

-- 
Olaf Weber

Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins,
        for they are quick to anger and have no need for subtlety.

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