From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit for stock 2.4 From: Robert Love In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 18 Jul 2002 11:32:05 -0700 Message-Id: <1027017125.1116.130.camel@sinai> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Szakacsits Szabolcs Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 10:31, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > Ahh, I figured out your target, embedded devices. Yes it's good for > that but not enough for general purpose. I think this applies to more than just embedded devices. Further, it applies to even the case you are talking about because the issues are _orthogonal_. If you also have an issue with root vs non-root users then you need resource limits. You still need this too. Robert Love -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/