Re: Getting rid of SHMMAX/SHMALL ?

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-08-04 at 15:48 +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > 
> > SHM resources are non-swappable, thus I would not by default
> > let user programs go and allocate very much SHM spaces at all.
> 
> No, SHM resources are swappable.

Large limits as oracle needs still allows any user to clog up the box
completely. 
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