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Re: [LI] fork()

On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 02:52:16AM -0700, Vimal Mathew wrote:

>   Is the process table size fixed? Does it get swapped(?!) ?

Yes. Look for NR_TASKS in linux/include

There are two unrelated problems: 

- - Limit on number of procs
- - Handling out of memory

Look for "swap overcommit" in the archives of the kernel mailing list to
learn about the second problem. Basically, an innocent process might
get shot for somebody else's fault.

	-Arun

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