Re: the new VM

Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25T13:08:58Z

On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 03:02:58PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
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> > Sorry I totally disagree. If GFP_KERNEL are garanteeded to succeed
> > that is a showstopper bug. [...]
>
> why?

Because as you said the machine can lockup when you run out of memory.

> FYI, i havent put it there.

Ok.

Andrea