Re: improve overcommit docs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Subject: Re: improve overcommit docs
Date: 2003-11-16 03:39:54
Message-ID: 23392.1068953994@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> This patch makes some improvements to the section of the documentation
> that describes the Linux 2.4 memory overcommit behavior.

Applied. I tweaked some of the wording a bit further.

> I removed the almost content-free assertion that "You will need enough
> swap space to cover your memory needs." If this is intended to
> communicate anything meaningful, can someone rephrase it, please?

Seemed pretty content-free to me too.

regards, tom lane

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