Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

Alan Cox
2001-03-22T22:53:09Z

> > How do you return an out of memory error to a C program that is out of memory
> > due to a stack growth fault. There is actually not a language construct for it
>
> Simple, you reclaim a few of those uptodate buffers. My testing here has

If you have reclaimable buffers you are not out of memory. If oom is triggered
in that state it is a bug. If you are complaining that the oom killer triggers
at the wrong time then thats a completely unrelated issue.