From bbbaaba733aa8757bcafd2640b29ed8555676794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugh Dickins Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:18:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] overcommit documentation fix Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3