Subject: Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)
To: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/13/1999 15:53:43
:> kernel.
: :
: [snip]
: :
:> To say that FreeBSD does not support a certain class of system because
:> it uses an overcommit model is not correct, because you can trivially
:> solve the problem by implementing your own management of memory rather
:> then use the UNIX libc builtins.
:
:That's wrong.
:The application might be killed by SIGKILL on current FreeBSD
:implementation, when the system becomes swap shortage.
:--
:soda
... a situation which will never occur if you are managing the memory
through your own custom library. Therefore not relevant.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>