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SubjectRe: [patch] make sysctl_overcommit_memory enumeration sensible
Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:05:59AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
>
>>Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I see system admins often confused when they sysctl vm.overcommit_memory.
>>>This patch makes overcommit_memory enumeration sensible.
>>>
>>>0 - no overcommit
>>>1 - always overcommit
>>>2 - heuristic overcommit (default)
>>>
>>>I don't feel this would break any userspace scripts.
>>>
>>>
>>eh? If any such scripts exist, they'll break.
>>
>>Confused.
>>
>>
>
>That's a corner case. Let'em break and fix. Otherwise, users will
>be confused. Even they get it right, after some weeks they'll have
>to re-read the doc. A logical user interface is important to human.
>
>

If I have

vm.overcommit_memory = 2

in my /etc/sysctl.conf, its meaning silently changes. I'll know about it
during the next oomkiller pass.

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