Re: OOM killer

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 00:13:35 +0100 (BST)

> > shed:~# echo 0 >/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
> > shed:~# cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
> > 0
>
> ahh, I see. Well, you live and learn ;)
>
> I think I've got to do my research better before writing mails to lkml.

In part.

The option you want is '2' which isnt implemented 8)

0 - I don't care
1 - Use heuristics to guesstimate avoiding overcommit

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