Re: Out Of Memory in v. 2.1

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
06 Oct 1998 10:29:57 -0400

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>>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@e-mind.com> writes:
> (overcommit is a check that _sbrk()_ does before use mmap to map the
> memory)

I don't understand. I thought overcommitment is when virtual address space is
allocated without corresponding swap space (for instance, this can happen
without any malloc/sbrk/... by using fork+COW)

Stefan

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