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Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode

Started byMason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
First post2016-05-17 11:10 +0200
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  Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit  mode Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr> - 2016-05-17 11:10 +0200

#1402209 — Re: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode

FromMason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
Date2016-05-17 11:10 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: add config option to select the initial overcommit mode
Message-ID<rzJaT-2C9-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
On 10/05/2016 13:56, Sebastian Frias wrote:

> Currently the initial value of the overcommit mode is OVERCOMMIT_GUESS.
> However, on embedded systems it is usually better to disable overcommit
> to avoid waking up the OOM-killer and its well known undesirable
> side-effects.

There is an interesting article on LWN:

Toward more predictable and reliable out-of-memory handling
https://lwn.net/Articles/668126/

Regards.

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