linux-kernel - Re: [LTP] statvfs -> f

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Message-ID: <20090421004757.GC8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:47:57 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
Cc:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...alogix.com>,
	Nate Straz <nate-ltp@...ried.org>, subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ltp-list@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	John Williams <john.williams@...alogix.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LTP] statvfs -> f_bavail

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 06:38:47PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2009  01:25 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > 	a) ramfs has no such thing as "amount of available space", simply
> > because it has no limit on total size occupied.
> 
> Well, except the amount of RAM in the system, which would be a reasonable
> value to use.

You are welcome to provide an analysis of differences between the moments
when OOM hits root and non-root resp. if they keep allocating there...
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