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Subject: Re: PATCH: Root reservations for strict overcommit
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On Maw, 2004-08-31 at 18:13, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Would it be a problem to put a lower bound on how much to leave for 
> root? If it's really too small to be useful, perhaps one of (a) reserve 
> enough to be useful or (b) don't bother to reserve at all, should be 

Possibly. I'm currently following what someone appears to have decided
is correct behaviour. It probably should be tunable