Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.2.14 OOM killer strikes. | Date | Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:30:02 -0600 (MDT) |
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Mike Harris writes: > I'm dreaming up a daemon written in C for speed that: > [snip] > 3) Can monitor memory/swap usage on the fly every X number of > seconds (configurable) ... and then creates a swap > file or files as quickly as possible (with nice -20)
Then you will be out of memory, and your disk will be full in the likely event that you have an out-of-control program using up all of your memory.
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
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