> I have noticed that 64 bit machine with overcommit policy (as above) > starts giving problem within 3-4 weeks. To prove that I've written > small program.
The older RHEL kernels had some cases that didn't quite account exactly but current ones ought to be right - for Centos I'd expect similar but ask there not here as it is a very old and branched away kernel. > It allocates memory of different sizes (not that it matters much due > to caching of diffeent malloc. I am using standard ptmalloc). Sizes > are 16B, 32B, 64B, 256B, 1024B, 57B, 127B and so on... . Then it > touches that memory (memset) and then free it. These operations are > being performed in while(1) loop. I would expect that, it's fragmentation. The real test is whether the values go back properly when you kill the program. - 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/
