Re: Kernel 2.2.14 OOM killer strikes.

From: Andreas Dilger (adilger@turbolabs.com)
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 11:30:02 EST


Mike Harris writes:
> I'm dreaming up a daemon written in C for speed that:
> [snip]
> 3) Can monitor memory/swap usage on the fly every X number of
> seconds (configurable) ... and then creates a swap
> file or files as quickly as possible (with nice -20)

Then you will be out of memory, and your disk will be full in the likely
event that you have an out-of-control program using up all of your memory.

Cheers, Andreas

-- 
Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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