From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:05:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060215010559.55b55414.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060215085456.GA2481@localhost.localdomain>
Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-15 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-15 8:54 Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-15 9:01 ` Nick Piggin
2006-02-15 13:50 ` Mark Hahn
2006-02-16 1:28 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-16 5:05 ` Nick Piggin
2006-02-15 9:05 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-02-15 9:31 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-15 10:32 ` Avi Kivity
2006-02-15 10:43 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-15 13:04 ` Avi Kivity
2006-02-16 1:29 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
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