Re: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?)

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:00:13 +0200 (EET)


> Just a thought, but how much memory does root need to do suchlike
> cleanups? Let's see - load the login shell (probably already in
> memory anyway, so 0k), run ps (may already be in memory) to find out
> which processes are currently hogging memory, then kill (usually a
> shell internal, so 0k) to get rid of a few of them...that should do...

You are not counting the individual data segments of every bash etc...

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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