Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:06:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: "Charles M. Hannum" <root@ihack.net>, Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>, Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, bright@rush.net, dcs@newsguy.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jon@oaktree.co.uk, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)) Message-ID: <199907140306.UAA86009@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199907140225.TAA14312@implode.root.com>
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: I've long felt that the best solution to problems like this is a per-user
:swap space quota. This gives admins a knob to manage the allocation of swap
:space while still allowing overcommit. The downside is that it doesn't provide
:a graceful way for a program to recover from it's overconsumption sins. I'd
:argue, however, that buggy software or incorrectly tuned systems should get
:what they deserve.
:
:-DG
:
:David Greenman
Ooh, cool idea. If I had that at BEST I would use it snap! like that!
A per-user swap quota would work a whole lot better then the current
numprocs x datasize limit
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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