Re: Setting oom_adj on linux?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Setting oom_adj on linux?
Date: 2010-01-04 16:59:46
Message-ID: 15030.1262624386@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a way to disable memory overcommit for particular processes?

I would think not --- the very essence of overcommit is that you're
promising more total memory than the system has got, and that's
inherently a global proposition.

regards, tom lane

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