Re: Pre-allocation of shared memory ...

On Friday 13 June 2003 15:29, Lamar Owen wrote:
> It is or was a Linux kernel problem.  The 2.2 kernel required double swap
> space, even though it wasn't well documented.  Early 2.4 kernels also
> required double swap space, and it was better documented.  Current Red Hat
> 2.4 kernels, I'm not sure which VM system is in use.  The old VM certainly
> DID require double physical memory swap space.

After consulting with some kernel gurus, you can upgrade to a straight Alan 
Cox (-ac) kernel and turn off overcommits to cause it to fail the allocation 
instead of blowing processes out at random when the overcommit bites.
-- 
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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