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Subject: Re: Getting rid of SHMMAX/SHMALL ?
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Matti Aarnio wrote:
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> SHM resources are non-swappable, thus I would not by default
> let user programs go and allocate very much SHM spaces at all.

No, SHM resources are swappable.

Hugh