| Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:08:20 +0100 | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: the new VMt |
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Hi,
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:02:48AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> 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.
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