Running with vm.overcommit_memory=2

Martin Egholm Nielsen martin at egholm-nielsen.dk
Fri Mar 18 09:01:16 UTC 2005


>> But the kernel has been known to behave strangely when it does not have
>> ANY swap space at all. Even 10MB could solve the problem.
> That would, then, point to a kernel bug that needs to be fixed. Swap 
> space is a luxury that not all systems have.  Most embedded environments 
> don't even have disks.
> Adding swap isn't a solution--it's a workaround. If, indeed, it *does* 
> fix your problem, you should include that detail in your bug report.
Anything new on this?
I'm seeing the same problem - and I'm running embedded, hence no swap 
possible...

BR,
  Martin Egholm




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