From: Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
To: Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 11:03:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <573ADE6C.4040804@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5731CC6E.3080807@laposte.net>
On 10/05/2016 13:56, Sebastian Frias wrote:
> Currently the initial value of the overcommit mode is OVERCOMMIT_GUESS.
> However, on embedded systems it is usually better to disable overcommit
> to avoid waking up the OOM-killer and its well known undesirable
> side-effects.
There is an interesting article on LWN:
Toward more predictable and reliable out-of-memory handling
https://lwn.net/Articles/668126/
Regards.
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From: Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
To: Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 11:03:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <573ADE6C.4040804@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5731CC6E.3080807@laposte.net>
On 10/05/2016 13:56, Sebastian Frias wrote:
> Currently the initial value of the overcommit mode is OVERCOMMIT_GUESS.
> However, on embedded systems it is usually better to disable overcommit
> to avoid waking up the OOM-killer and its well known undesirable
> side-effects.
There is an interesting article on LWN:
Toward more predictable and reliable out-of-memory handling
https://lwn.net/Articles/668126/
Regards.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-17 9:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-10 11:56 [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode Sebastian Frias
2016-05-10 11:56 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-10 12:00 ` Fwd: " Sebastian Frias
2016-05-10 12:39 ` Andy Whitcroft
2016-05-10 13:02 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 8:04 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 8:04 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 8:44 ` Mason
2016-05-13 8:44 ` Mason
2016-05-13 9:52 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 9:52 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 10:18 ` Mason
2016-05-13 10:18 ` Mason
2016-05-13 10:42 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 10:42 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 11:44 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 11:44 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 12:15 ` Mason
2016-05-13 12:15 ` Mason
2016-05-13 14:01 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:01 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:15 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 14:15 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:04 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:04 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:37 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:37 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:43 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:43 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-17 8:24 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-17 8:24 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-17 8:57 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-17 8:57 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-17 16:16 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-17 16:16 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-17 17:29 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-17 17:29 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-18 15:19 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-18 15:19 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-18 16:28 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-18 16:28 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-17 20:16 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-17 20:16 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-18 15:18 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-18 15:18 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-19 7:14 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-19 7:14 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 17:01 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 17:01 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:27 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:27 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 9:52 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 9:52 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 12:00 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 12:00 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 12:39 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 12:39 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 13:11 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:11 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:32 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 13:32 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 13:51 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:51 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 14:35 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 14:35 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 14:54 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:54 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 15:15 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 15:15 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 13:34 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 13:34 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 14:14 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 14:14 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 14:23 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 14:23 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:02 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 15:02 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-05-13 15:01 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:01 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:15 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:15 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:25 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 15:25 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:51 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:51 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 14:59 ` Mason
2016-05-13 14:59 ` Mason
2016-05-13 15:11 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:11 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:26 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 15:26 ` Michal Hocko
2016-05-13 15:32 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:32 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:10 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:10 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-13 15:41 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-13 15:41 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-05-23 13:11 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-23 13:11 ` Sebastian Frias
2016-05-17 9:03 ` Mason [this message]
2016-05-17 9:03 ` Mason
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