[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8683: windows native shared memory freeze when no more ram available

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8683: windows native shared memory freeze when no more ram available
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-10 11:21:52

#8683: windows native shared memory freeze when no more ram available
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 Reporter:  julien.potiron@…  |       Type:  Bugs
   Status:  new               |  Milestone:  To Be Determined
Component:  None              |    Version:  Boost 1.53.0
 Severity:  Problem           |   Keywords:
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 Hi,

 I'm working with native windows shared memory and I have a problem when
 I'm running low on memory.

 If I have only 512Mb of Ram available and I create a window_shared_memory
 object with a size of 1Gb, the creation works well. But when trying to
 write inside the shared memory, the computer freezes, waiting for memory
 to be freed.

 Is there a way to avoid this freeze (I almost have to reboot my computer),
 or at least a way to throw an error when trying to write to memory we
 don't have ?

 Thanks.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8683>
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