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Open Patch: 2006112819464228950 (by stf)

+ stf

Queue: More or less important bugfixes

Journal: stf's test journal 2006-12-13 (discarded)

Journal: stf's test journal (2006-12-31) rev.12 (Tested OK)

Votecheck 'core-strong': Missing 1 qualified vote(s) (clifford, fake, teha)

package/base/sysfiles/etc_sysctl.conf.txt

Stefan Fiedler:
        disable kernel memory overcommitting behaviour at boot-up 
        via sysctl; this fixes a kernel bug, see man 3 malloc
        section BUGS for details.

Stefan Fiedler:
        disable kernel memory overcommitting behaviour at boot-up 
        via sysctl; this fixes a kernel bug, see man 3 malloc
        section BUGS for details.

--- package/base/sysfiles/etc_sysctl.conf.txt   (Revision 35)
+++ package/base/sysfiles/etc_sysctl.conf.txt   (Revision 36)
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
 # kernel.domainname = example.com
 # net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
 
+# Disable kernel memory overcommitting behaviour; this fixes a kernel bug.
+# See man 3 malloc, section BUGS, for details.
+vm.overcommit_memory = 2

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