Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:55:59 EST

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, george anzinger wrote:

> What happens if you just make swap VERY large? Does the system thrash
> it self to a virtual standstill?

It does. I need to implement load control code (so we suspend
processes in turn to keep the load low enough so we can avoid
thrashing).

> Is this a possible answer? Supposedly you could then sneak in and
> blow away the bad guys manually ...

This certainly works.

regards,

Rik

-- Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose...

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