Re: sbrk(2) broken

From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:51:32 +1100
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 08:27:41AM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
>I have long lived processes that continuously handle very valuable
>data and potentially get very large (several GB).  I'd like that
>process to be able to make a rational decision about what happens to its
>memory contents when an allocation fails rather than having the
>proverbial rug pulled out from under it.  Rug pulling at any point 
>can cost an annual salary or two.

If you google for freebsd+sigdanger, you will find that this topic
was first discussed nearly 10 years ago.  Unfortunately, no progress
appears to have been made, though it crops up every few years.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.

Received on Fri Jan 04 2008 - 08:51:43 UTC

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