Hi. On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:40:37 +0300 Evgeniy Ivanov <lolkaantimat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > When I forbid memory overcommiting, malloc() returns 0 if can't > reserve memory, but in a cgroup it will always succeed, when it can > succeed when not in the group. > E.g. I've set 2 to overcommit_memory, limit is 10M: I can ask malloc > 100M and it will not return any error (kernel is 2.6.32). > Is it expected behavior? > Yes. Because memory cgroup can be used for limiting the memory(and swap) size which is physically used, not the malloc'ed size. Thanks, Daisuke Nishimura. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>