Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit accounting for 2.4.32/2.4.33-pre1 | Date | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:51:58 +0300 |
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Barry K. Nathan wrote: > On 12/30/05, Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote: > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > +3 - (NEW) paranoid overcommit The total address space commit > > > + for the system is not permitted to exceed swap. The machine > > > + will never kill a process accessing pages it has mapped > > > + except due to a bug (ie report it!) > > > > This one isn't in 2.6, which is critical for a stable system. > > I think you can get paranoid overcommit with either my patch or 2.6 by > setting /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_mode to 2 *and* > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio to 0, however.
Not really in 2.6. And even if this were made to work, what would it imply to a system running w/o swap?
Thanks!
-- Al
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