hi! > >> This patch adds the new overcommit_ratio_ppm sysctl variable that > >> allow to set overcommit ratio with a part per million precision. > >> The old overcommit_ratio variable can still be used to set and read > >> the ratio with a 1% precision. That way, overcommit_ratio interface > >> isn't broken in any way that I can imagine. > > > > Looks like a pretty sane solution. Could you also make a Documentation/ > > update, please? > > Damn! I forgot. Will do. Actually... would something like overcommit_bytes be better interface? overcommit_pages? If system would normally allow allocating "n" pages, with overcommit it would allow allocating "n + overcommit_pages" pages. That seems like right granularity... -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>