Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

Guest section DW
2001-03-23T16:50:49Z

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:24:03PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:

> Can we please remember that OOM is *not* in any way a "normal system state"
> that has to be handled in a civilized, orderly way? This is just an escape
> route in case everything else has failed.

Can we please remember that a Blue Screen Of Death is *not* in any way a
"normal system state" that has to be handled in a civilized, orderly way?
This is just an escape route in case everything else has failed.

Linux is unreliable.
That is bad.