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in this thread SubjectRe: Endless overcommit memory thread. On
Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Linda Walsh wrote: >"Richard B. Johnson"
wrote: >> Even if the perfect operating system kept some virtual
RAM for >> 'root' to log-in. It has no idea of what programs
root would >> want to execute. Eventually, it will fail with an
out-of memory >> condition. > Having no idea of what programs
root would execute doesn't mean >you can't reserve sufficient
memory for a shell, a ps and a kill. >But if my machine runs out
of processes and I can't log in -- I have >little choice but to
hit the RESET button.  You could use alt-sysrq to kill some
tasks from the console, if you have one. :-)  > By allowing
'overcommit', you end up in a situation where now your >90M
process touches the last of its memory -- and it isn't there,
so.... >it SEGFAULT's because the memory mapper can't the
address to a physical \  It gets killed because the sysadmin
didn't put enough memory in the mac