Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 17:54:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl from Linux (*envy*) Message-ID: <199804242154.RAA14740@xxx.video-collage.com> In-Reply-To: <19980424224346.35645@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Apr 24, 98 10:43:46 pm"
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Eivind Eklund once stated: =overcommit_memory: = =This file contains only one value. I prefer the value of /etc/malloc.conf link and the corresponding environment variables. =This is a useful feature, since programs often malloc() huge amounts of =memory 'just in case', while they only use a small part of it. Are not this programs broken? Never ending discussion will follow... =Leaving this value at 0 will lead to the failure of such a huge =malloc(), when in fact the system has enough memory for the program to =run... On the other hand, enabling this feature can cause you to run =out of memory and thrash the system to death, so large and/or important =servers will want to set this value to 0. =This supposedly also handles things like fork() etc. Linux shouldn't =have any server-directed features FreeBSD doesn't! This is true! -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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