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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:00:25 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> 
>>>I haven't got the faintest idea how to come up with an OOM
>>>killer which does the right thing for everybody.
>>>
>>Basically because there is no such thing?
>>
> 
> Actually the killer itself isn't the problem.
> 
> It's deciding when to let it kick in.
> 

Well... yeah...

	-hpa