Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:22:49 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: Some questions about linux kernel. |
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Indeed. There is always a way to fool any OOM killer. > The only thing that could save us here are proper > per-user resource limits,
so isn't what should be concentrated on? Per user limits are a cleaner way of fixing the problem.
i guess though it's a 2.5 thing. Rik, do you know of anyone investigating per-user limits for 2.5? (a lot of linux users would like to see it.. hint hint..)
:)
> but even then we'd still want > an emergency OOM killer to rescue the system in situations > where we hit the wall... >
OOM is a stopgap. Ideally we should be able to set ironclad policies so that we never encounter OOM.
> Rik
groetjes,
-paul jakma
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