On 13/05/2016 13:44, Michal Hocko wrote: > Anyway, this is my laptop where I do not run anything really special > (xfce, browser, few consoles, git, mutt): > $ grep Commit /proc/meminfo > CommitLimit: 3497288 kB > Committed_AS: 3560804 kB > > I am running with the default overcommit setup so I do not care about > the limit but the Committed_AS will tell you how much is actually > committed. I am definitelly not out of memory: > $ free > total used free shared buff/cache > available > Mem: 3922584 1724120 217336 105264 1981128 > 2036164 > Swap: 1535996 386364 1149632
I see. Thanks for the data point. I had a different type of system in mind. 256 to 512 MB of RAM, no swap. Perhaps Sebastian's choice could be made to depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED, rather than CONFIG_EXPERT? Regards.
