From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:00:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:00:58 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:29458 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:00:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Overcommit_memory logic fails when swap is off From: Robert Love To: Alan Cox Cc: josip@icase.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1029950619.26845.106.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> References: <3D63C9DE.7479D2E9@icase.edu> <1029950619.26845.106.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 21 Aug 2002 14:04:33 -0400 Message-Id: <1029953073.1935.826.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 13:23, Alan Cox wrote: > 2.5 propses including the ability to set the %age between the 0% of mode > 3, the 50 of mode 2 and upwards to things relevant in some embedded > system cases. So for 2.6 you will be able to tune it in different ways > according to precise understanding of workload. Alan, hch or someone asked if it would be possible to merge the 2.5 behavior into 2.4-ac ... are you interested or do you not want to break compatibility? Note for "mode 2" the behavior is identical. For "mode 3" they would also need to set vm_memory_ratio to "0". If you are willing, I'll send you a diff... Robert Love