Running with vm.overcommit_memory=2

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 04:25:09PM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Rik van Riel <riel at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > NOTABUG
> > 
> > You configured the kernel to not overcommit memory, so it won't.
> > It makes sure that all the memory that was requested is available
> > for programs to use, regardless of whether programs actually use it.
> 
> How much memory does it take to clone() a bash?
> 

$ ps -o size,vsz,rss,args 
SZ  VSZ  RSS COMMAND
1428 6244 2212 -bash

About 1428MB, I guess. Not that it would be consumed, but that the
kernel must guarantee to be available.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha

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