From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:24:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:24:48 -0500 Received: from uisge.3dlabs.com ([193.133.230.45]:40402 "EHLO uisge.3dlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:24:29 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 13:23:17 +0000 From: Paul Sargent To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2GB process crashing on 2.4.14 Message-ID: <20011207132317.E31161@3dlabs.com> In-Reply-To: <20011207125821.D31161@3dlabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:16:49PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > Most probably the process is running out of address space to allocate from. > There is 3Gb of available space. That would be from 0x00000000 to 0xC0000000, Right? > Of that some is your stack, some your > binary, some your libraries. Getting above 3Gb/process on x86 is very hairy > with a bad performance hit So if I was hitting this limit then I should see no / very few gaps, in the /proc//maps. Is that true? Paul -- Paul Sargent Tel: +44 (1784) 476669 Fax: +44 (1784) 470699 mailto: Paul.Sargent@3Dlabs.com