Re: [patch] memory hog protection

Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-04-26T10:53:07Z

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 04:45:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> ...dozen or so smaller processes which are far less important than the
> database server :)

That's exactly the property we need to avoid. In many cases, when
you have one large memory hog thrashing away, the one smaller process
which _really_ matters is the shell from which root is trying to sort
out the mess.

--Stephen