Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] libc: Fix malloc error handling

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:30:41 Jiri Olsa wrote:
> I used latrace error simulation and got some crashes from
> code that handles malloc out of memory cases.
> 
> I understand it is quite unlikely those cases would be hit
> in real world, but since I've already tracked them down
> I am sharing them.. ;)

if you disable overcommitting, it shouldn't be hard to hit OOM in userspace

echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
-mike

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