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I'm pretty sure that even if you malloc an enormous amount of memory, it will occupy close to no resources as long as the contents are not touched. Also related

by 0x0 13y ago

I'm pretty sure that even if you malloc an enormous amount of memory, it will occupy close to no resources as long as the contents are not touched. Also related: "overcommit memory".

e12e 13y ago
Linux is a bit strange when it comes to memory allocation, see eg: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/lk/lk-9.html#ss9.6 http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/lk/lk-9.html#ss9.6