"Eric Enright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Linux overcommits / lazy loads on memory allocations, though this is
> tunable. I believe the default setting is to overcommit, which can
> lead to the random killing of processes in order to retrieve memory
> should one run out. I forget the terminology used for that particular
> system.
On multi CPU systems, this leads into "deadlock" situations where the kernel
is looking inifinitely for memory that does not exist.
Jörg
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