On 11/17/05, Sirtaj Singh Kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By default the kernel also overcommits on memory allocations by apps. To turn > this off this should probably work: > > echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio > > (not 100% certain about this, pls check VM docs). This is likely to trigger > OOM problems a lot quicker.
What about doing this on per-application basis. The above method would limit every app to the specified number... Say, I want to limit Open Office to 100megs...? I certainly think OO developers (& specially the QA team) will be interested to look at the results :-) -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
