Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:32:38 +0200 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible |
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Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:05:59AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > >>Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com> wrote: >> >> >>>I see system admins often confused when they sysctl vm.overcommit_memory. >>>This patch makes overcommit_memory enumeration sensible. >>> >>>0 - no overcommit >>>1 - always overcommit >>>2 - heuristic overcommit (default) >>> >>>I don't feel this would break any userspace scripts. >>> >>> >>eh? If any such scripts exist, they'll break. >> >>Confused. >> >> > >That's a corner case. Let'em break and fix. Otherwise, users will >be confused. Even they get it right, after some weeks they'll have >to re-read the doc. A logical user interface is important to human. > >
If I have
vm.overcommit_memory = 2
in my /etc/sysctl.conf, its meaning silently changes. I'll know about it during the next oomkiller pass.
-- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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