Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:32:46 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> That depends what you mean by "must not". If it's your missile guidance > system, aircraft autopilot or life support system, the system must not run > out of memory in the first place. If the system breaks down badly, killing > init and thus panicking (hence rebooting, if the system is set up that > way) seems the best approach.
Ultra reliable systems dont contain memory allocators. There are good reasons for this but the design trade offs are rather hard to make in a real world environment
Solving the trivial overcommit case is not a difficult task but since I don't believe it is needed I'll wait for those who moan so loudly to do it
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