[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 42756] JIT requires VM overcommit (particularly on x86-64), Linux does not by default support this without swap?

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42756





--- Comment #29 from Adrien Nader <camaradetux at gmail.com>  2011-01-12 14:16:36 PST ---
> It should only be requesting 2gig, and it's expecting the OS to merely reserve address space -- it's not expecting physical memory to be committed.

2GB is still a lot.

And if it counts on the OS not commiting it, then it counts on the memory not being used. Why ask for it then?


Quoting the linux kernel documentation for memory overcommit,
> When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough
> memory until it actually runs out.

I doubt that will ever become the default.
It also leaves out a number of OSes that don't use overcommit (iirc, Solaris doesn't for instance).

Why isn't it possible to request 64MB instead? What's the technical reason for asking that much?

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