Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423058AbWBOJHV (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:07:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423057AbWBOJHV (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:07:21 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:43734 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423058AbWBOJHI (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:07:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:05:59 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Coywolf Qi Hunt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible Message-Id: <20060215010559.55b55414.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060215085456.GA2481@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060215085456.GA2481@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 19 Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > > I see system admins often confused when they sysctl vm.overcommit_memory. > This patch makes overcommit_memory enumeration sensible. > > 0 - no overcommit > 1 - always overcommit > 2 - heuristic overcommit (default) > > I don't feel this would break any userspace scripts. eh? If any such scripts exist, they'll break. Confused. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/