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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] mm: allow to set overcommit ratio more precisely
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 07:41:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52289824.20000@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52287E66.9010107@redhat.com>

On 09/05/2013 05:51 AM, Jerome Marchand wrote:
> This patch adds the new overcommit_ratio_ppm sysctl variable that
> allow to set overcommit ratio with a part per million precision.
> The old overcommit_ratio variable can still be used to set and read
> the ratio with a 1% precision. That way, overcommit_ratio interface
> isn't broken in any way that I can imagine.

Looks like a pretty sane solution.  Could you also make a Documentation/
update, please?

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-05 14:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-19 15:17 [PATCH 1/2] mm: factor commit limit calculation Jerome Marchand
2013-08-19 15:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm: add overcommit_kbytes sysctl variable Jerome Marchand
2013-08-19 16:55   ` Dave Hansen
2013-08-20  8:58     ` Jerome Marchand
2013-08-21 15:22     ` Jerome Marchand
2013-08-21 16:23       ` Dave Hansen
2013-08-22  9:25         ` Jerome Marchand
2013-09-05 12:51   ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] mm: allow to set overcommit ratio more precisely Jerome Marchand
2013-09-05 14:41     ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2013-09-05 14:47       ` Jerome Marchand
2013-09-05 22:11         ` Pavel Machek
2013-09-06  8:38           ` Jerome Marchand
2013-09-06 14:11       ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] " Jerome Marchand

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