> > 0 - try and spot obviously dumb allocations > > 1 - anything goes > > 2 - strictly control resource commit > > I deduce that a fail-safe application must scanf overcommit_memory, warn > the user and waitpid.
If you are building a fail safe system you need to look a bit beyond out of memory handling settings - power supplies, failover, fault tolerance requirements, error detection (eg ECC ram), raid arrays over non-electrically conductive links etc. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
