From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 08:31:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 08:31:28 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:32501 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 08:31:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] VM strict overcommit, again From: Alan Cox To: Robert Love Cc: Linus Torvalds , akpm@zip.com.au, riel@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1027216974.1116.996.camel@sinai> References: <1027216974.1116.996.camel@sinai> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 21 Jul 2002 14:46:31 +0100 Message-Id: <1027259191.16818.94.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 03:02, Robert Love wrote: > OK, here we go again... > > Attached patch implements VM strict overcommit with the following > changes over the previous patch: Looks good to me > - (unrelated to the controversy) back out some of the shmem > changes. I am weary of them and they would be best brought > forward from 2.4-ac in pieces. 2.4-ac, btw, has quite > a few shmem fixes. This is probably wise. Its partly complicated by the fact that the shmem changes are in part very recent (Hugh fixed a load) and also by the fact -ac has a vm callback for when a page cache page is freed up which is used by the shmem code I have