Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

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 ;))

Rik
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