Re: Pre-allocation of shared memory ...

From: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Pre-allocation of shared memory ...
Date: 2003-06-14 19:59:24
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0306142045100.31213-100000@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Kurt Roeckx wrote:

> > $ ls -l /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 14 18:58 /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux stinky.hoopy.net 2.4.20-20.1.1995.2.2.nptl #1 Fri May 23 12:18:31 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> I also got that /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory on a plain 2.4.21.

This might also be interesting:

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-33/0826.html

I couldn't say how much of it is in the stock RH kernels,
or how successful the heuristic is.

Matthew.

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