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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory management in Kernel 2.4.x
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 14:39:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CF2A7A0.5030107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa.iklie8v.5k2hbj@ifi.uio.no> <actahk$6bp$1@ID-44327.news.dfncis.de> <3CF23893.207@loewe-komp.de> <1022513156.1126.289.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <acu82e$7qn$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <20020527173306.C15560@redhat.com> <3CF2A648.1070303@zytor.com> <20020527173738.D15560@redhat.com>

Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 02:34:00PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>>Doesn't help.  exec() should fail.
> 
> 
> Only if you're out of memory (any sane app nowadays does not allocate 
> memory from data/bss).
> 

.data/.bss is writable, and will need to be allocated to avoid 
overcommitment, so the exec() will fail.

	-hpa



  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-27 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <fa.iklie8v.5k2hbj@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.na0lviv.e2a93a@ifi.uio.no>
2002-05-27 12:58   ` Memory management in Kernel 2.4.x Andreas Hartmann
2002-05-27 13:45     ` Peter Wächtler
2002-05-27 15:25       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-27 14:37         ` Peter Wächtler
2002-05-27 21:22         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-05-27 21:33           ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-05-27 21:34             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-05-27 21:37               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-05-27 21:39                 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-05-27 22:50             ` Alan Cox
2002-05-27 21:56               ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-05-27 23:07                 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-27 22:48           ` Alan Cox
2002-06-05 13:33             ` Bill Davidsen
2002-05-31 21:19       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-06-01 12:35         ` Andreas Hartmann
2002-06-01 22:59           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-06-01 13:12         ` Andreas Hartmann
2002-06-03  8:11         ` Peter Wächtler
2002-05-28 14:46 Dmitry Volkoff
     [not found] <fa.n12rl6v.9644rg@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.jd9c9pv.190gl8n@ifi.uio.no>
2002-05-28  5:42   ` Andreas Hartmann
2002-05-28 11:49     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-28 18:14       ` Andreas Hartmann
     [not found] <fa.huj8e2v.10ggghn@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.o5cc8mv.12h4to1@ifi.uio.no>
2002-05-27 12:10   ` Andreas Hartmann
2002-05-27 11:52     ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-27  9:40 Andreas Hartmann
2002-05-27 10:28 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-27 12:02 ` Alan Cox

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