Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko

Andrea Arcangeli
2001-04-07T01:27:25Z

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 06:04:58PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I don't think we should approximate THAT roughly ;))

;);)

Andrea