Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 09:01:15 EST

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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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