Re: User space out of memory approach

Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-12T11:19:29Z

On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 11:31 +0200, Edjard Souza Mota wrote:
> propose a new selection mechanism. This misinterpretation is misleading the
> discussion of whether it may have som use in embedded devices or not.
> Even though, I believe that for PCs environment it has a great potential
> when you think that admins don't stay all the time in front of a computer.
> Once and while they also have a rest :). In these cases, instead of simply
> start ranking a deamon could dispatch a msg to her/him saying the system
> is approaching a red zone.

Pretty intriguing. Maybe the daemon waits for the answer mail then,
where the admin confirms to select the daemon as the preferrable victim
of oom.

tglx