From: Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:31:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060215093136.GA2600@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060215010559.55b55414.akpm@osdl.org>
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:05:59AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see system admins often confused when they sysctl vm.overcommit_memory.
> > This patch makes overcommit_memory enumeration sensible.
> >
> > 0 - no overcommit
> > 1 - always overcommit
> > 2 - heuristic overcommit (default)
> >
> > I don't feel this would break any userspace scripts.
>
> eh? If any such scripts exist, they'll break.
>
> Confused.
>
That's a corner case. Let'em break and fix. Otherwise, users will
be confused. Even they get it right, after some weeks they'll have
to re-read the doc. A logical user interface is important to human.
--
Coywolf Qi Hunt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-15 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-15 8:54 [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-15 9:01 ` Nick Piggin
2006-02-15 13:50 ` Mark Hahn
2006-02-16 1:28 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-16 5:05 ` Nick Piggin
2006-02-15 9:05 ` Andrew Morton
2006-02-15 9:31 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt [this message]
2006-02-15 10:32 ` Avi Kivity
2006-02-15 10:43 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-02-15 13:04 ` Avi Kivity
2006-02-16 1:29 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
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