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    SubjectRe: the new VMt
    Hello,

    > > Another approach would be to let user space turn off overcommit.
    >
    > No. Overcommit only applies to pageable memory. Beancounter is
    > really needed for non-pageable resources such as page tables and
    > mlock()ed pages.
    >

    In addition to beancounter, do you think pageable page tables are
    something we want to tackle in 2.5.x? 4MB page mappings on x86
    could be cool too, as an option...

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    Eric Lowe
    FibreChannel Software Engineer, Systran Corporation
    elowe@systran.com


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