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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kernels Out Of Memoy(OOM) killer Problem ?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Maw, 2005-08-09 at 16:55 +0200, Thomas Habets wrote:
> Once upon a midnight dreary, Alan Cox pondered, weak and weary:
> > 0 - overcommit except if something is obviously silly
> > 1 - overcommit always (some scientific workloads)
> > 2 - don't overcommit (databases etc)
> 
> Exactly. Which is what the code and D/sysctl/vm.txt say, and why the 
> description in D/filesystems/proc.txt is a lying POS that needs to be 
> *shining blue led in everyones eyes* Exterminated before more people are 
> sucked into its world of lies.

Please submit a patch to fix it