Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:06:04 +0300 | From | Sami Farin <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.24.4+mmap with overcommit >= 1 |
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 14:47:38 +0300, Sami Farin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:24:53 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:19:54 +0300 > > Sami Farin <safari-kernel@safari.iki.fi> wrote: > > > > > I have arch x86_64, glibc-2.7.90-7 from Fedora. > > > When I have vm.overcommit_memory == 1 or 2, > > > mmap succeeds for really huge values. > > > These ranges succeed (approximate): > > > 8793870000000 - 17500387000000 > > > 26390387000000 - 35180387000000 > > > > Fun fun fun > > > > This should fix strict overcommit (== 2) I think > > Thanks, one more reason to boot to 2.6.24.5... > > This patch needed, too, I guess.
Booted. Works great.
$ ./a.out 30390387000000 trying 30390387000000 bytes... got (nil)
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