From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f200.google.com (mail-lb0-f200.google.com [209.85.217.200]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BB0E6B0253 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 10:59:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-lb0-f200.google.com with SMTP id ga2so30092581lbc.0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr (smtp2-g21.free.fr. [2a01:e0c:1:1599::11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q3si4062399wmg.48.2016.05.13.07.59.23 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode References: <5731CC6E.3080807@laposte.net> <20160513080458.GF20141@dhcp22.suse.cz> <573593EE.6010502@free.fr> <5735A3DE.9030100@laposte.net> <20160513120042.GK20141@dhcp22.suse.cz> <5735CAE5.5010104@laposte.net> <20160513145101.GS20141@dhcp22.suse.cz> From: Mason Message-ID: <5735EBBC.6050705@free.fr> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 16:59:08 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160513145101.GS20141@dhcp22.suse.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Michal Hocko , Sebastian Frias Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , LKML On 13/05/2016 16:51, Michal Hocko wrote: > The default should cover the most use cases. If you can prove that the > vast majority of embedded systems are different and would _benefit_ from > a different default I wouldn't be opposed to change the default there. It seems important to point out that Sebastian's patch does NOT change the default behavior. It merely creates a knob allowing one to override the default via Kconfig. +choice + prompt "Overcommit Mode" + default OVERCOMMIT_GUESS + depends on EXPERT Regards. -- 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: email@kvack.org