Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754886AbZDUAsT (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754217AbZDUAsD (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:03 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:48206 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754013AbZDUAsB (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:47:57 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Andreas Dilger Cc: Michal Simek , Nate Straz , subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, John Williams , Linux Kernel list , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [LTP] statvfs -> f_bavail Message-ID: <20090421004757.GC8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <49E759FB.70103@petalogix.com> <49E847FB.1030801@petalogix.com> <20090417173107.GA3590@refried.org> <49EC1352.6010900@petalogix.com> <20090420062642.GY26366@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <49EC1945.1000805@petalogix.com> <20090421002503.GA8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20090421003847.GO3209@webber.adilger.int> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090421003847.GO3209@webber.adilger.int> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 720 Lines: 15 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 06:38:47PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote: > On Apr 21, 2009 01:25 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > > a) ramfs has no such thing as "amount of available space", simply > > because it has no limit on total size occupied. > > Well, except the amount of RAM in the system, which would be a reasonable > value to use. You are welcome to provide an analysis of differences between the moments when OOM hits root and non-root resp. if they keep allocating there... -- 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/