* [Linux-ia64] VM strict overcommit on RedHat AS 2.1 kernel 2.4.18-e12 ?
@ 2003-01-23 13:10 Carron, Thierry
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From: Carron, Thierry @ 2003-01-23 13:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
A customer requires for his internal application a more strict implementation of the VM :
-> When malloc returns a non-NULL pointer the memory is really available !
How can I obtain this behavior using RedHat AS 2.1 kernel 2.4.18-e12 ?
I know that Alan Cox has a patch and that a lot of job is currently done in kernel 2.5 .
This patch is partially integrated in the kernel 2.4.18-e12 delivered with the RedHat Advanced Server 2.1.
But there is a difference between the documentation about overcommit_memory in sysctl/vm.txt and the code really implemented in mm/mmap.c
Is there any reason for that ?
Thanks for your help
Thierry CARRON
> HP Centre de Compétence France
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