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Re:Linux memory overcommit (compared to airlines selling tic... by acqq on Friday May 13, 2011 @12:32PM (#2545171)
> So (...) my usual null-checking of malloc() returns is insufficient?

I also understand it so. Moreover, on your server, even if your process is well-behaved and some other process only temporarily gets memory-hungry your well behaved and important process can get killed:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2545049

Wow.

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