shaleh writes > 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. >
OK, thanks, so let me reword it: what would cause the kernel (2.0.34) to refuse to allocate swap space and trigger a memory exhausted error for some programs even when there is swap space available and that the request is much smaller than available swap space. (for some other programs, it works fine. In both cases the request is made by malloc). Michel --------------------------------------------- Michel Juillard CEPREMAP 142, rue du Chevaleret 75013 Paris tel (33 1) 40.77.84.24 fax (33 1) 44.24.38.57 maison (33 1) 42.52.92.66 ---------------------------------------------
