malloc and virtual memory.

Hi,
if i will malloc a lot of space, and actually exceeding the physical memory capacity,
will my malloc begin to allocate into virtual memory eventually?

thanks.

You'd most likely crash the OS long before that happened.

Originally Posted by urbanleg

Hi,
if i will malloc a lot of space, and actually exceeding the physical memory capacity,
will my malloc begin to allocate into virtual memory eventually?

thanks.

What do you mean? You're always allocating "into virtual memory" because virtual memory is all that an application really sees. What are you really wanting to know?

Originally Posted by JohnGraham

What do you mean? You're always allocating "into virtual memory" because virtual memory is all that an application really sees. What are you really wanting to know?

I took it to mean to begin allocating chunks of swap file... which some windows people refer to as "virtual memory".

Originally Posted by JohnGraham

What do you mean? You're always allocating "into virtual memory" because virtual memory is all that an application really sees. What are you really wanting to know?

ok, that helps...
thanks