From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Message-Id: <200104091816.f39IGxD16018@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:16:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20010406222256.C935@athlon.random> from "Andrea Arcangeli" at Apr 06, 2001 10:22:56 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Linus Torvalds , 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. Given that strict address space management is not that hard would you accept patches to allow optional non-overcommit in 2.5 -- 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/