[Bug 2524] Allocating too much pixmap memory hangs system

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------- Additional Comments From ajax at nwnk.net  2005-02-12 09:30 -------
many operating systems lie about malloc success on the assumption that not all memory is used 
immediately, that the storage can be done on the fly with the pagefault handler, and that it conserves 
memory overall leading to better performance.  so such an option might not even work.

in addition this limit would need to be quite high, since quite a few applications do highly stupid things 
with their pixmap usage.  gecko browsers for example use tons of pixmaps and pretty much never free 
them.          
     
     
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