Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:49:50 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Virtual vs. physical swap & shared memory forks (clone) |
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Rik van Riel writes: > 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.
It would probably be helpful to the audience at large to explain just how overheads could increase with non-overcommit.
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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