Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko

Andrea Arcangeli
2001-04-06T20:22:56Z

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.

Andrea