From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 5c532fe303: Recommend that the user turn off memory overcommit Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 03:28:08 +0200 Message-ID: <871qy7dp07.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <164941780605.21656.13343783431945268284@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220408113647.815ACC051D6@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87ilrjemk7.fsf@telefonica.net> <874k33snvb.fsf@yahoo.com> <87ee27elh4.fsf@telefonica.net> <87r167qf4e.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12957"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:nAZkc2t2B1O60RHArhjkwDxiQeY= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 09 03:28:54 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nczuG-00037U-LL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2022 03:28:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44400 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nczuF-0002qh-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:28:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nczti-00029i-Di for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:28:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:41770) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncztg-0007o7-QI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:28:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nczte-0002NG-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2022 03:28:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:287988 Archived-At: Po Lu writes: > Óscar Fuentes writes: > >> Because what is (supposedly) good for Emacs can be wrong for some other >> application which is at least as important as Emacs for the user. > > So the user can consult the documentation of that program, and decide > which one he wants better. > > Seriously, is there an actual example of a program which works well with > overcommit_memory set to 0, but not with it disabled altogether? Dunno. Why the kernel guys are using that default?