OK, new text is:
<para> Linux has poor default memory overcommit behavior. Rather than failing if it can not reserve
enoughmemory, it returns success, but later fails when the memory can't be mapped and terminates the
applicationwith <literal>kill -9</>. To prevent unpredictable process termination, use:
<programlisting>
sysctl -w vm.overcommit_memory=3
</programlisting> Note, you will need enough swap space to cover all your memory needs. </para>
</listitem> </varlistentry>
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > OK, doc patch attached and applied. Improvements?
>
> I think it would be worth spending another sentence to tell people
> exactly what the symptom looks like, ie, backends dying with signal 9.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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