On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:33:43 +0000 Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Stack RSS should certainly be included in Committed_AS, > > but RLIMIT_STACK merely limits how big the stack vma may grow to: > > at any moment the stack vma is probably very much smaller, > > and only its current size is accounted in Committed_AS. > > With a typical size as a fuzz factor preaccounted in later kernels. Where's that done? > > > > Is this the intended behaviour? > > > > > > That sounds like a bug to me. > > > > I'm suspecting it's an oddity rather than a bug. > > It is intended behaviour. Each instance of main() { sleep(100); } appears to increase Committed_AS by around 200kb. But we've committed to providing it with 8MB for stack. How come this is correct? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/