Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit for stock 2.4 | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 18 Jul 2002 09:31:05 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 08:22, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
> Quickly looking through the patch I can't see what prevents total loss of > control at constant memory pressure. For more please see:
I do not see anything in this email related to the issue at hand.
First, if the VM is broke that is an orthogonal issue that needs to be fixed separately.
Specifically, what livelock situation are you insinuating? If we only allow allocation that are met by the backing store, we cannot get anywhere near OOM.
Robert Love
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