On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2012, Robert Święcki wrote: > >> Yup (btw: I attached dump of some proc files and some debug commands >> in the original e-mail - can be found here >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133640623421007&w=2 in case some >> MTA removed them) >> >> CommitLimit: 1981528 kB >> Committed_AS: 1916788 kB >> >> just not sure if Committed_AS should present this kind of value. Did I >> just hit a legitimate condition, or may it suggest a bug? I'm a bit >> puzzled cause > > This is a legitimate condition. No bug. >> >> root@ise-test:/proc# grep Mem /proc/meminfo >> MemTotal: 3963060 kB >> MemFree: 3098324 kB > > Physical memory is free in quantity but virtual memory is exhausted. > >> Also, some sysctl values: >> vm.overcommit_memory = 2 >> vm.overcommit_ratio = 50 > > Setting overcommit memory to 2 means that the app is strictly policed > for staying within bounds on virtual memory. Dont do that. > > See linux source linux/Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting for more > details. Thanks Christoph. -- Robert Święcki -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href