Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit

On Wednesday 20 August 2003 23:57, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-07/msg00608.php
>
> Subject is "reprise on Linux overcommit handling"  - is that too
> deceptive? :-)

I did little searching on this and found..

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.3/1647.html

Can anybody comment on how much diference 2.6 would make to this situation of 
OOM kiiler "feature"?

If there could be any cross-OS comparisons, that would be great as well. A 
summary would really help.
Shridhar