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Re:Linux Memory Overcommit (2007) by kaba0 on Monday August 19, 2024 @07:54AM (#41290221)
It might actually be using that, I’m not intimately familiar with the topic.
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Re:Linux Memory Overcommit (2007) by layer8 on Monday August 19, 2024 @07:57AM (#41290235)
Yes, I would expect that as well.

Implicit overcommit is really only necessary for fork and general backwards compatibility.

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