Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit for stock 2.4

Same issue with HA etc... its not preventing OOM so much as being
prepared for it, by pushing the failures into the allocation routines
and out from the page access.

Certainly Alan and RedHat found a need for it, too.  It should be pretty
clear why this is an issue...

The code was written initially because we had large customers with a
direct requirement for the facility. It is also very relevant to
embedded systems where you want controlled failure.

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