Re: Overcommitable memory??

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On 21 Mar 2000, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
>Den 19-Mar-00 19:55:47 James Sutherland wrote:

>> Anyway - your system crashes to a "big red switch" state when a
>> process grabs all the VM?!?! You have a serious problem there - but it
>> isn't overcommit.
>
> The problem _is_ overcommit. The proof that overcommit is the problem is
>that the kernel's OOM killer sets in.

The problem is NOT overcommit. The problem is that the current OOM killer
is broken. Fix the problem, don't hide it.

Dave

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