Re: phk malloc, was (Re: ptmalloc2)
Dan Melomedman wrote:
> Bill Hacker wrote:
>
>>If the 'email proxy in question' is that fragile - your statement would
>>appear to be true.
>
>
> It's only fragile because the OS doesn't guarantee preallocated memory.
> That's all. Anyway, I've made the decision to only run software like
> this on Linux. Linux actually has the system-wide overcommit switch through
> 'sysctl'. I wish I could switch it on and off per process through an
> environment variable instead. Oh well, can't have it all.
I still thing fixing the application is preferable.
Documenting an 'overcommit switch' is all well and good, but theory
aside, how stable can you expect MessageWall to be *in the real world*
on a potentially resource-challenged LinBox that is running other things
as well?
A Linux box shows up here once in a while:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
But not this week.....
Bill
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