From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx171.postini.com [74.125.245.171]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03D116B00F2 for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 11:28:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 16:31:44 +0100 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: mmap/clone returns ENOMEM with lots of free memory Message-ID: <20120508163144.13ab1814@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Robert =?UTF-8?B?xZp3acSZY2tp?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org > 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 -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org