Re: improve overcommit docs - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: improve overcommit docs
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Msg-id 23392.1068953994@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to improve overcommit docs  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
List pgsql-patches
Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> This patch makes some improvements to the section of the documentation
> that describes the Linux 2.4 memory overcommit behavior.

Applied.  I tweaked some of the wording a bit further.

> I removed the almost content-free assertion that "You will need enough
> swap space to cover your memory needs." If this is intended to
> communicate anything meaningful, can someone rephrase it, please?

Seemed pretty content-free to me too.

            regards, tom lane

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