From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:41:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:41:35 -0400 Received: from unthought.net ([212.97.129.24]:9354 "HELO mail.unthought.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:41:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 03:41:37 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jakob_=D8stergaard?= To: David Ford Cc: Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "VM watchdog"? [was Re: VM nuisance] Message-ID: <20010817034137.B2188@unthought.net> Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jakob_=D8stergaard?= , David Ford , Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3B748AA8.4010105@blue-labs.org> <20010814140011.B38@toy.ucw.cz> <20010817002420.C30521@unthought.net> <3B7C72CE.60601@blue-labs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3B7C72CE.60601@blue-labs.org>; from david@blue-labs.org on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:26:38PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:26:38PM -0400, David Ford wrote: > I think it is an excellent way to do it. Nobody said you have to run > the program and nobody forces you to use a particular program with a > particular policy. It puts the OOM policy in userland where -you- > decide when and how things happen. > Sure - what I was trying to say was, that I don't think the solution will work very well. ... > > The kernel allocates memory within itself. We will still reach OOM > conditions. It can't be avoided. Good point. -- ................................................................ : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: