Re: Memory hogs
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:02:59 +0200 (MEST)
Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 bernd.paysan@gmx.de wrote:
> > Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > Please don't. My little algorithm (with no overhead on a normal
> > > system) works great -- it has been tested by simulation folks
> > > who want a 16MB netscape killed in favor of their week-old,
> > > 150MB simulation.
> >
> > Ok, I'll adapt your patch. The only gripe I have is that it
> > doesn't send out warning shoots before, that allow tasks to quit
> > nicely.
>
> That can be added without much effort. The real hard part has
> been in getting the 'task chooser' right...
That really isn't easy.
You're in a "we're completely out of memory" situation already, and
having the application clean up may mean it wants to rewrite its
config files. Requiring buffers and other resources.
Roger.
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