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SubjectRe: Kernel 2.2.14 OOM killer strikes.
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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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