Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init | Date | Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:53:39 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > How do you return an out of memory error to a C program that is out of memory > > due to a stack growth fault. There is actually not a language construct for it > > Simple, you reclaim a few of those uptodate buffers. My testing here has
If you have reclaimable buffers you are not out of memory. If oom is triggered in that state it is a bug. If you are complaining that the oom killer triggers at the wrong time then thats a completely unrelated issue.
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