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Re:Linux Memory Overcommit (2007) by dataflow on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:05PM (#41287438)
> IIUC, the way overcommit works on Linux

Doesn't vm.overcommit_memory == 2 disable overcommit? That's the situation we're talking about...

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Re:Linux Memory Overcommit (2007) by usefulcat on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:22PM (#41287523)
You're correct; for some reason I didn't interpret the question in that context. I was thinking about when vm.overcommit_memmory is 0 or 1.
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