From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 5c532fe303: Recommend that the user turn off memory overcommit Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:58:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <164941780605.21656.13343783431945268284@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220408113647.815ACC051D6@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40496"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Po Lu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 08 14:59:44 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 1ncoDF-000AJ0-9B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:59:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33916 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncoDD-0002ch-RY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51544) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncoCZ-0001we-QN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:58:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:60344) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncoCX-0005bk-4Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:58:58 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 73881441205; Fri, 8 Apr 2022 08:58:55 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 116CA4411FC; Fri, 8 Apr 2022 08:58:54 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1649422734; bh=wpWa4In4cMqbI7VxRiCdWTL0jQXU69mOv4OlP5wpZiQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=NX1WregYFjSQuumuiRaHtc05jNOQX9VyK5PIuY75swdog68ydGaoq/AwVjDWVTVKW zZv07xFJRik0dgyP9fCWN4Qm1+lfOzDxJnqSZpeYzEeXq1SvqGECLchtFXKvA8X63C i+kpA2AszuD03LXLEKQe+HYx/q6yxZRZRTTNhMO9EI24hFct7fAbM3HK2xI1I56yU2 QanCU0wEqY78EwOpA9NiodRdKKNZfehK/qxEaYQoYqfk1nukVETQga+t2NbPD4J1yl bA53MVHwOO7Bwu3hXoZV/8XJ4TXuiniS6Lake6w3pS3WDkudvb1bMS3LrN22S6yDzN Qxc52b7R0/Hxw== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.221.51]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF7E91202D5; Fri, 8 Apr 2022 08:58:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20220408113647.815ACC051D6@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> (Po Lu via Mailing list for Emacs changes's message of "Fri, 8 Apr 2022 07:36:46 -0400 (EDT)") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:287955 Archived-At: > +@cindex memory trouble, GNU/Linux > + On GNU/Linux systems, the system does not normally report running > +out of memory to Emacs, and can instead randomly kill processes when > +they run out of memory. We recommend that you turn this behavior off, > +so that Emacs can respond correctly when it runs out of memory, by > +becoming the super user, editing the file @code{/etc/sysctl.conf} to > +contain the following lines, and then running the command @code{sysctl > +-p}: FWIW, I think this is none of Emacs's business. Stefan