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From: Ted Unangst <ted.unangst@...>
To: Richard Storm <storm.richard@...>
Cc: <misc@...>
Subject: Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process
Date: Monday, October 22, 2007 - 2:14 pm

On 10/22/07, Richard Storm  wrote:


you can mmap a large file with PROT_SHARED.  this doesn't count as

data, since you are in essence providing your own swap file for it.


> Don't you think, that now when we have 64bit platform and RAM gets


i think the problem is more about what MAXDSIZ is used for than its

value.  it's not as simple as just bumping a number.  and changing the

meaning of a number is no easy change either.  for the most part, the

limit doesn't affect many people.
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MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Richard Storm, (Sun Oct 21, 5:15 am)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Ted Unangst, (Mon Oct 22, 2:26 am)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Matthew Szudzik, (Mon Oct 22, 9:57 am)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Richard Storm, (Mon Oct 22, 4:53 am)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Ted Unangst, (Mon Oct 22, 2:14 pm)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Richard Storm, (Mon Oct 22, 3:35 pm)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, Markus Hennecke, (Mon Oct 22, 1:17 pm)
Re: MAXDSIZ 1GB memory limit for process, mickey, (Mon Oct 22, 1:25 pm)