From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 03:27:25 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko Message-ID: <20010407032725.D935@athlon.random> References: <20010406222256.C935@athlon.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 06:04:58PM -0300 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: Linus Torvalds , Hugh Dickins , Ben LaHaise , Richard Jerrrell , Stephen Tweedie , arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 06:04:58PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > 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. > > I don't think we should approximate THAT roughly ;)) ;);) 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/