Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko

Alan Cox
2001-04-09T18:16:59Z

> On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 12:52:26PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > vm_enough_memory() is a heuristic, nothing more. We want it to reflect
> > _some_ view of reality, but the Linux VM is _fundamentally_ based on the
> > notion of over-commit, and that won't change. vm_enough_memory() is only
> > meant to give a first-order appearance of not overcommitting wildly. It
> > has never been anything more than that.
>
> 200% agreed.

Given that strict address space management is not that hard would you
accept patches to allow optional non-overcommit in 2.5