On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Luigi Semenzato wrote: > I see. But then I am wondering: if there is no limit to the number of > threads that can access the reserved memory, then is it possible that > that memory will be exhausted? Is the size of the reserved memory > based on heuristics then? > We assume that processes with access to memory reserves will eventually exit and free their memory, that has always been the case. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>