Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

José Luis Domingo López
2001-03-23T20:10:31Z

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On Friday, 23 March 2001, at 12:28:15 +0100,
Guest section DW wrote:

> [...]
> To a murderer: "Why did you kill that old lady?"
> Reply: "I won't defend that deed, but who else should I have killed?"
>
No comments.

> Andries - getting more and more unhappy with OOM
>
> Mar 23 11:48:49 mette kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2019 (emacs).
> Mar 23 11:48:49 mette kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 1407 (emacs).
> Mar 23 11:48:50 mette kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 1495 (emacs).
> Mar 23 11:48:50 mette kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2800 (rpm).
>
> [yes, that was rpm growing too large, taking a few emacs sessions]
> [2.4.2]
>
OOM clearly didn't work perfectly in this case, but it worked and left
your machine usable (maybe you lost data on your emacs sessions). From my
(OS design newbie) point of view, there must be quite difficult to keep
track of all system processes, and even a resource intensive task.

If you can do it better, come up with a kernel patch, submit it, and get
credit and fame for it. I would love to see Linux as the perfect OS for
everyone, but won't ever complain about each other's work, mainly when I'm
unable to contribute a thing.

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José Luis Domingo López
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