On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 12:09:02PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 11:53, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > This came up on a machine with 128GB of ram. > > So? > > Your argument is "we're using a ton of memory, so we can use a ton more". Datasets are going to grow as machines grow, yes. Otherwise, what are we building them for? > How about you limit the amount of memory you use in the first place instead? That'd be an artificial cap on performance.