Re: [PATCH] memory counting fix

[Rik van Riel]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> But to the more basic question: Is the non-accounting of reserved pages
> desired?

I think it is useful to see how much pageable memory a
process is taking, being able to see how much pressure
it is putting on the VM, enforcing RSS ulimits only on
pageable memory, etc...

Accounting reserved pages too might confuse things...

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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