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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode
> > Perhaps Sebastian's choice could be made to depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED,
> > rather than CONFIG_EXPERT?
>
> Even if the overcommit behavior is different on those systems the
> primary question hasn't been answered yet. Why cannot this be done from
> the userspace? In other words what wouldn't work properly?

Most allocations in C have no mechanism to report failure.

Stakc expansion failure is not reportable. Copy on write failure is not
reportable and so on.

Alan


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