Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:08:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap-related problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904142107440.83269-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <771.924103059@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <199904141501.LAA25847@kot.ne.mediaone.net>, Mikhail Teterin writes:
> >Poul-Henning Kamp once stated:
> >
> >=malloc() on FreeBSD returns NULL when it cannot allocate the memory
> >=asked for.
> >
> >=If you have an example where this is not the case I would VERY
> >=much like to see it.
> >
> >I believe, a number of examples were given, when the use of the non-NULL
> >pointer returned by malloc resulted in the program being killed.
>
> No, the examples I have seen showed the system killing a (somewhat)
> random large process in an attempt to avoid deadlock.
>
> I guess you can interpret it the way above if you insist on using a
> very narrow application oriented focus.
>
> Ignoring the larger issues is not a modus operandi I subscribe to.
>
> Anyway, what you're asking for is really resource reservation.
>
> Sorry FreeBSD doesn't support resource reservation for memory.
mlock()? BTW, why can't anyone explain why the old behavior WAS THAT
the process would get NULL? Now it's this...
>
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
> FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
>
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