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From: Jeremy F. <je...@go...> - 2004-03-08 17:52:32
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On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 09:09, Tom Hughes wrote: > I think some kernels reject vaery large mmaps under certain sorts > of memory starvation condition or something - there is a bug for it > on the bug tracker somewhere. > > If you're not already using the latest kernel for that version > of RH then I'd suggest upgrading or even just trying a reboot of > the machine. It could also be a virtual address size limit, like the one Dirk has installed. There's not a lot we can do about it, other than trying to raise the soft limit. Actually, the most useful thing we can do is check the error returns on all mmaps and generate a useful error message rather than SEGV mysteriously. J |