Re: Memory overcommitting (was Re: http://www.redhat.com/redhat/)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 22 Feb 1997 23:06:16 +0000 (GMT)


> I'd like to see this as a per process option. Should this option
> be inherited across fork/clone/exec?

Overcommit control is an all or nothing thing, otherwise one process can
overcommit anothers space..

Alan