Re: [PATCH] overcommit symbolic constants

[Hugh Dickins]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 Andries.Brouwer@xxxxxx wrote:
> Played a bit with overcommit the past hour.
> Am not entirely satisfied with the no overcommit mode 2 -
> programs segfault when the system is close to that boundary.
> So, instead of the somewhat larger patch that I planned to send,
> just symbolic names for the modes.

Big improvement.  And thank you for stamping on that irritating
oxymoronic "strict overcommit".  Could we add this patch in too?

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.9-rc3/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt	2004-08-14 06:39:04.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt	2004-09-30 15:23:22.340731368 +0100
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ of free memory left when userspace reque
 When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough
 memory until it actually runs out.
 
-When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "strict overcommit" 
+When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "never overcommit" 
 policy that attempts to prevent any overcommit of memory.  
 
 This feature can be very useful because there are a lot of

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