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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:43:09 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de>
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To: Jos Hulzink <josh@stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit
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Hi,

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Jos Hulzink wrote:
> Maybe it is an option to add the --I_know_Im_stupid option to the swapoff
> command line ? (Also known as the --force flag). This way we can both
> return an error when the OS lacks memory and force a swapoff.

What's wrong with the current behavior? If the system can't live without 
swap, why forcing it dead?

							Regards,
							Thunder
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