Michel, malloc() allocates memory that is given it by the kernel. It does not care where it comes from. The kernel actually does the swap allocation, not malloc.
On 09-Nov-98 Michel Juillard wrote: > Why would malloc work with one program and use swap space and > not work with an other (like egcs or emacs) and report memory > exhausted while there is plenty of space on swap. (The amount to > be allocated is quite small, 80KB, while there is 100MB of free > swap space). > > Can it be caused by libraries (libc5 and libc6) conflict? How can I > check? > > Maybe somebody could suggest a more appropriate discussion list.
