From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3F61D322.7020507@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:07:30 -0400 From: Chris Friesen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFC] Enabling other oom schemes References: <200309120219.h8C2JANc004514@penguin.co.intel.com> <3F614912.3090801@genebrew.com> <3F614C1F.6010802@nortelnetworks.com> <20030912111808.GA13973@hh.idb.hist.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Helge Hafting Cc: Rahul Karnik , rusty@linux.co.intel.com, riel@conectiva.com.br, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Helge Hafting wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 12:31:27AM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote: > Note that this "memory" is RAM+swap. So you can avoid allocation > failure by giving your strict overcommit box much more swap space. This works great for the desktop, doesn't work so well when you don't have any swap--as is the case for most embedded apps that would like stricter overcommit. Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com -- 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/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org