Re: Ongoing 2.4 VM suckage

Pavel Zaitsev
2001-08-02T22:15:32Z

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Jeffrey W. Baker(jwbaker@acm.org)@Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:52:11PM -0700:
> Gosh, here's an idea: if there is no memory left and someone malloc()s
> some more, have malloc() fail? Kill the process that required the memory?
> I can't believe the attitude I am hearing. Userland processes should be
> able to go around doing whaever the fuck they want and the box should stay
> alive. Currently, if a userland process runs amok, the kernel goes into
> self-fucking mode for the rest of the week.

Userland process shall be suspended after it reaches certain rate of
swaps per second. It may resume after short while. Userland process,
if written properly will see that malloc is failing and inform user.
If its being bad, then it will be suspended.
p.

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