decreasing the MAXSSIZE value !

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Decreasing the MAXSSIZE(kernel param) from 300MB to 100MB
resolved the problem of memory lack ( can't allocate memory ) .
how come ???

Thanks
Golan

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Please post your operating system and version when asking questions.

MAXSIZE allows each process to have a max of 300MB - setting it lower will allow more processes to be created (since all the memory hasn't been used up)

You can still get the same error - it would just take more processes to do it.