From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: "Robert Święcki" <robert@swiecki.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: mmap/clone returns ENOMEM with lots of free memory
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 16:31:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120508163144.13ab1814@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1205080859570.25669@router.home>
> Setting overcommit memory to 2 means that the app is strictly policed
> for staying within bounds on virtual memory. Dont do that.
For a fuzz test you probably do want it at 2 to avoid the box dying in a
swap storm.
Alan
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-08 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-07 15:54 Robert Święcki
2012-05-07 20:15 ` Christoph Lameter
2012-05-07 21:41 ` Robert Święcki
2012-05-08 14:02 ` Christoph Lameter
2012-05-08 14:47 ` Robert Święcki
2012-05-08 15:31 ` Alan Cox [this message]
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