Re: OOM?

From: David Whysong (dwhysong@physics.ucsb.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 26 2000 - 16:00:24 EST


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

But init often does die. I've seen it happen, more than once.

>> Isn't anyone interested in fixing it?
>
>Try Rik van Riel's process for death selection stuff

I have, but last time I checked it didn't patch cleanly to recent kernels.
And I don't understand the new mm zone stuff enough to fix it up... I
really think something like Rik van Riel's approach should be in the main
kernel.

Dave

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