On 30/01/2005 11:30 Pm, Eric Schlegel wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Mike Kluev wrote:
>
>> With the current "optimistic" implementation he will get back non null
>> but may crash on attempt to write to that memory.
>
> I don't believe that will actually ever happen (if it does, it's a bug;
> it _should_ never happen). If you overcommit your memory usage such
> that there's not enough disk space to fulfull it, the kernel will start
> blocking the threads of non-essential applications, allowing
> loginwindow to put up the "you've filled up your disk; please quit some
> apps" dialog box, which will free up enough memory to allow apps to
> continue running.
That's ok as long as:
- it works (I hope so)
- there is user nearby (server app? 4 AM?)
- there are apps to quit (or files to delete)
Mike
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