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OOM killer and such

OOM killer and such

Posted Jan 24, 2008 3:48 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: OOM killer and such by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's video journey part 2: Video editors

The virtual address space on a default-configured 32-bit system is 3GB. In any case, you don't bring in the OOM killer by running out of virtual space.

But, in any case, the system in question is a 64-bit machine, so all that is moot.


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