> And Linux just says no. Linux might say yes, even if the memory isn't available. See notes of malloc: "This means that when malloc() returns non-NULL there

> And Linux just says no. Linux might say yes, even if the memory isn't available. See notes of malloc: "This means that when malloc() returns non-NULL there is no guarantee that the memory really is available." [0] [0] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/malloc.3.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/malloc.3.html