From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:22:56 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko Message-ID: <20010406222256.C935@athlon.random> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 12:52:26PM -0700 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Hugh Dickins , Ben LaHaise , Rik van Riel , Richard Jerrrell , Stephen Tweedie , arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 12:52:26PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > vm_enough_memory() is a heuristic, nothing more. We want it to reflect > _some_ view of reality, but the Linux VM is _fundamentally_ based on the > notion of over-commit, and that won't change. vm_enough_memory() is only > meant to give a first-order appearance of not overcommitting wildly. It > has never been anything more than that. 200% agreed. Andrea -- 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.eu.org/Linux-MM/