Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271233AbTG2E2e (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:28:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271236AbTG2E2e (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:28:34 -0400 Received: from magic-mail.adaptec.com ([208.236.45.100]:60568 "EHLO magic.adaptec.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271233AbTG2E2W (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:28:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:32:41 +0530 (IST) From: Nagendra Singh Tomar X-X-Sender: tomar@localhost.localdomain Reply-To: nagendra_tomar@adaptec.com To: "Tomar, Nagendra" cc: Tung-Han Hsieh , , Subject: Re: malloc problem to allocate very large blocks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Adaptec MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3059 Lines: 105 I missed the system details, you already have >2GB virtual memory. --tomar On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Tomar, Nagendra wrote: > AFAIK malloc will not return you memory more than the total virtual > memory > (RAM+swap) in the system. So if you want more than 2GB allocations from > malloc, make sure you have at least 2GB virtual mem, keeping aside some > space for the kernel. > > --tomar > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Tung-Han Hsieh wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am developing applications which requires more than 2GB memory. > > But I found that in my Linux system the malloc() cannot allocate > > more than 2GB memory. Here is the details of my system: > > > > CPU: Pentium 4 2.53 GHz > > RAM: 2 GB > > Swap: 512 MB > > OS: Debian-3.0 stable > > Kernel: 2.4.20 > > gcc: 2.95.4 20011002 > > glibc: 2.2.5-6 > > > > In theory, in a 32-bits machine the maximum allocatable memory > > is up to 4GB. But in the following very simple testing program: > > > > ===================================================================== > > #include > > #include > > > > main() > > { > > size_t l; > > char *s1=NULL, *s2=NULL; > > > > l = 1024*1024*1024; > > > > s1 = malloc(l); > > s2 = malloc(l); > > if (! s1) printf("s1 malloc failed\n"); > > if (! s2) printf("s2 malloc failed\n"); > > } > > ===================================================================== > > > > only the block for s1 can be allocated. Further, if I change the > > program to > > > > ===================================================================== > > #include > > #include > > > > main() > > { > > size_t l; > > char *s1=NULL; > > > > l = 2*1024*1024*1024; > > > > s1 = malloc(l); > > if (! s1) printf("s1 malloc failed\n"); > > } > > ===================================================================== > > > > the gcc complier complain to me that "foo.c:9: warning: integer > overflow > > in expression" during the compilation (I use: "gcc foo.c" to compile > > it), > > and the block for s1 cannot be allocated at all. I am wondering if > there > > is any way to overcome the 2GB limit. > > > > Thank you very much for your reply in advance. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > T.H.Hsieh > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" > > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/