> > In what scenario can "strict overcommit" kill?
>
> When the kernel grabs over 50% of RAM. Remember that includes page
> tables. I've seen the kernel taking 35% of RAM.
But it could happen that kernel would attempt to allocate 101% of RAM
for page tables, right? At that even "paranoid overcommit" might be
OOM, right?
Pavel
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