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Subject: Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
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On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 13:45, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> In strict no-overcommit mode, it should probably decide in advance
> whether to embark on swapping off: I think you suggested that
> earlier in the thread, that it's acceptable to switch overcommit
> mode temporarily to achieve whichever behaviour is desirable?

Yes. I have no problem with

	#swapoff -a
	swapoff: out of memory
	#vmctl overcommit 1
	#swapoff -a

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