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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit
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    > How is assured that it's impossible to OOM when the amount of memory
    > shrinks?
    >
    > IOW:
    > - allocate very much memory
    > - "swapoff -a"

    Make swapoff -a return -ENOMEM

    I've not done this on the basis that this is root specific stupidity and
    generally shouldnt be protected against
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