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| author | Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> | 2004-10-02 19:18:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2004-10-02 19:18:11 -0700 |
| commit | bbbaaba733aa8757bcafd2640b29ed8555676794 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cf0911355c7e1ae44cba43c52c2307b322acf02 /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | 4ebb5ab622c69dea8f482aa156070925d29bd09f (diff) | |
[PATCH] overcommit documentation fix
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b0349d8aa8ed..57c6fbc84d11 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ of free memory left when userspace requests more memory. When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough memory until it actually runs out. -When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "strict overcommit" +When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "never overcommit" policy that attempts to prevent any overcommit of memory. This feature can be very useful because there are a lot of |