Re: Memory management in Kernel 2.4.x

[H. Peter Anvin]

Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 02:22:22PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>>Well, if you can't fork a new process because that would push you into
>>overcommit, then you usually can't actually do anything useful on the
>>machine.
> 
> 
> Just use vfork or clone + exec.  It's faster and uses less memory.
> 

Doesn't help.  exec() should fail.

	-hpa