On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 03:03, Jan M <jan_m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I cannot make operator new fail to check this (even allocating a terabyte > succeeds) . > Do you have overcommit memory on? It's possible that the kernel is letting it succeed. <http://opsmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/01/linux-memory-overcommit.html> ~ Scott
