Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:57:13 -0600 From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [hackers] Re: Setting memory allocators for library functions. Message-ID: <200102270157.f1R1vE627084@guild.plethora.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Feb 2001 01:37:43 GMT." <20010227013743.H609@hand.dotat.at>
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In message <20010227013743.H609@hand.dotat.at>, Tony Finch writes: >fork() with big data segments that cause swap to be reserved in case >of a copy-on-write. The 2GB of swap is never actually used, but you >still have to have it. That's a good point. So, we should warn people that asking for memory committments, having huge data spaces, and forking, is dangerous or stupid. :) -s To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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