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Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko
- To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] swap_state.c thinko
- From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 03:27:25 +0200
- Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, Ben LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>, Richard Jerrrell <jerrell@missioncriticallinux.com>, Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>, arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org
- In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104061804400.7624-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 06:04:58PM -0300
- References: <20010406222256.C935@athlon.random> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104061804400.7624-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
- Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org
On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 06:04:58PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> 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 ;))
;);)
Andrea
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