RE: malloc and swap space

[Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>]

Michel, malloc() allocates memory that is given it by the kernel.  It does not
care where it comes from.  The kernel actually does the swap allocation, not
malloc.

On 09-Nov-98 Michel Juillard wrote:
> Why would malloc work with one program and use swap space and 
> not work with an other (like egcs or emacs) and report memory 
> exhausted while there is plenty of space on swap. (The amount to 
> be allocated is quite small, 80KB, while there is 100MB of free 
> swap space).
> 
> Can it be caused by libraries (libc5 and libc6) conflict? How can I 
> check?
> 
> Maybe somebody could suggest a more appropriate discussion list.