Re: master 5c532fe303: Recommend that the user turn off memory overcommit

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:42:51 +1200
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>
> Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> I keep seeing the choice of process to kill being described as
> "random", but it is not random.
> 
> The kernel may or may not choose the best process to kill, but
> it does choose it for a reason, and I would suggest that the
> described criteria is fairly unlikely to describe an Emacs
> process (although it's obviously still possible).

I've now removed the "random" and "we recommend" parts from the text.

What about using "ulimit -v" -- is that of any help, if the value is
chosen in accordance with the amount of VM available to the system,
like if the value leaves some reasonable amount to the rest of the
system?  If so, perhaps we should mention that as well?