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commit    805ac78aaba1c5f71e878c3bc50bec8b82e076bb
Author:   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date:     Fri Jan 01 03:03:13 2016 +0000
First released in: 9.6.0

    doc: Add index entries and better documentation link for Linux OOM


doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 6d5b1082d2d..087cd0a90c9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1245,6 +1245,18 @@ default:\ <sect2 id="linux-memory-overcommit"> <title>Linux Memory Overcommit</title> + <indexterm> + <primary>memory overcommit</primary> + </indexterm> + + <indexterm> + <primary>OOM</primary> + </indexterm> + + <indexterm> + <primary>overcommit</primary> + </indexterm> + <para> In Linux 2.4 and later, the default virtual memory behavior is not optimal for <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. Because of the @@ -1306,7 +1318,7 @@ sysctl -w vm.overcommit_memory=2 or placing an equivalent entry in <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</>. You might also wish to modify the related setting <varname>vm.overcommit_ratio</>. For details see the kernel documentation - file <filename>Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting</>. + file <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting"></ulink>. </para> <para> [parent: 5f36096b77fe]