Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:10:02 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: Memory hogs |
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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Claus Fischer wrote:
>The kernel should not let the machine die and become unusable. It has >to guarantee the bare survival, which includes: integrity of init, >rlogind, etc. On my desktop box, it had better let X survive as well, >if it wants to be regarded a strategic ally (remember, the goal is >saving mankind :--)
So far I fixed all bugs so that now the machine doesn't die and init survive.
Grab the patches here:
ftp://e-mind.com/pub/andrea/kernel-patches/2.2.10/oom-2.2.10-G ftp://e-mind.com/pub/andrea/kernel-patches/2.2.10/swapversion2-2.2.10-A ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/andrea/kernel-patches/2.2.10/oom-2.2.10-G ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/andrea/kernel-patches/2.2.10/swapversion2-2.2.10-A
With these two patches applyed on 2.2.10 you shouldn't be able to deadlock the machine and init anymore. You can still overload it to make impossible to login but a SYSRQ+I should always be able to restore the system.
Andrea
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