From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:29:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:29:30 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:8970 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:29:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:29:13 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: To: Szabolcs Szakacsits Cc: Helge Hafting , dean gaudet , Subject: Re: VM nuisance In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote: > Although non-overcommit prevents running out of VM but when VM > is full then system can either livelock or start arbitrary You people all have nice ideas. I guess we may want to preserve them for the future and don't let them get lost in a mailing list archive ;) If you have the time, please create a page for these things in the Linux-MM wiki: http://linux-mm.org/wiki/ cheers, Rik -- IA64: a worthy successor to the i860. http://www.surriel.com/ http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/