diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 6d5b1082d2..087cd0a90c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1245,6 +1245,18 @@ default:\ Linux Memory Overcommit + + memory overcommit + + + + OOM + + + + overcommit + + In Linux 2.4 and later, the default virtual memory behavior is not optimal for PostgreSQL. Because of the @@ -1306,7 +1318,7 @@ sysctl -w vm.overcommit_memory=2 or placing an equivalent entry in /etc/sysctl.conf. You might also wish to modify the related setting vm.overcommit_ratio. For details see the kernel documentation - file Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting. + file .