Re: OOM?

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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Alan, this is a workaround but not a good solution. And neither are
> > ulimits. The fact that running OOM crashes the kernel is the longest
>
> It doesnt crash the kernel unless init dies
>
> > Isn't anyone interested in fixing it?
>
> Try Rik van Riel's process for death selection stuff

*nod*

I have an idea on how to integrate this _cleanly_.

If, at the end of do_try_to_free_pages(), we:

1) failed to free all the pages we wanted
   (ie. count isn't 0)

AND

2) we have no swap space left

THEN

call the OOM killer and kill the "worst" process.

regards,

Rik

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