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AFAIK just about all Unix-like OSes overcommit and dynamically allocate like this. I know macOS and xBSD (which which macOS is one) do this. I don't know what
by api 2y ago
AFAIK just about all Unix-like OSes overcommit and dynamically allocate like this. I know macOS and xBSD (which which macOS is one) do this.
I don't know what Windows does.
- simiones 2y agoI don't know about other Unixes, but Linux allows the sysadmin to decide if overcommit is allowed or not. I believe Windows does as well, but the default is to not overcommit.
- bakugo 2y ago> I don't know what Windows does. Windows does not allow overcommit. The commit limit is the total size of RAM + the size of the page file, attempting to commit more than that will fail.