lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2000]   [Mar]   [25]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Virtual vs. physical swap & shared memory forks (clone)
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Linda Walsh wrote:

> The idea is *predictability*. Guarantees of behavior.
> Your user deamon is fine for many cases, but it's execution is
> not deterministic.

Please back up your assertions with code. If you can implement
a non-overcommit option which doesn't put overhead in the normal
kernel, I'm sure people will use it.

The IRIX vswap argument isn't a really valid one either.
Almost all IRIX admins I've talked to had their vswap at
either zero or infinity because otherwise behaviour would
be too difficult to predict ... exactly the opposite of
what you are saying here.

regards,

Rik
--
The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network
of people. That is its real strength.

Wanna talk about the kernel? irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies
http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/



-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:57    [W:0.465 / U:0.016 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site