From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261745AbULBULR (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:11:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261746AbULBULQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:11:16 -0500 Received: from mail1.skjellin.no ([80.239.42.67]:1159 "EHLO mx1.skjellin.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261745AbULBULO (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:11:14 -0500 Message-ID: <41AF76E0.5050907@tomt.net> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 21:11:12 +0100 From: Andre Tomt User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tglx@linutronix.de Cc: Andrew Morton , andrea@suse.de, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, LKML , nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] oom killer (Core) References: <20041201104820.1.patchmail@tglx> <20041201211638.GB4530@dualathlon.random> <1101938767.13353.62.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <20041202033619.GA32635@dualathlon.random> <1101985759.13353.102.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <1101995280.13353.124.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <20041202164725.GB32635@dualathlon.random> <20041202085518.58e0e8eb.akpm@osdl.org> <20041202180823.GD32635@dualathlon.random> <1102013716.13353.226.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <20041202110729.57deaf02.akpm@osdl.org> <1102014493.13353.239.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <20041202112208.34150647.akpm@osdl.org> <1102015450.13353.245.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <1102015450.13353.245.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 11:22 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >>You can issue sysrq commands over serial consoles too. > > I know, but the console and the reset button are 150km away. When I dial > into the machine or try to connect via the network, I cannot connect > with the current kernels. Neither 2.4, because the fork fails, nor 2.6 > because oom killed sshd. So I cannot send anything except a service man, > who drives 150km to hit sysrq-F or the reset button. Get one of those terminal server/concentrators that export the serial consoles over IP. Or one of those KVM-over-IP extenders. Worth every penny. [sorry thomas, forgot reply all first time aound, so you'll get a dupe.]