Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:41:21 -0500 | | From | Timur Tabi <> | | Subject | Re: kernel hangs in 118th call to vmalloc |
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Alan Cox wrote: > vmalloc shouldnt be hanging the box, although in 2.4.2 the out of memory > handling is not too reliable. You have to understand vmalloc isnt meant to > be used that way and the kernel gets priority over user space for allocs so > is able to get itself to the point it killed off all user space.
So you're saying it's a bug that I can't work around?
It's probably a moot point. I've come up with a different algorithm that allocates all but 32MB of RAM, and it appears to work well.
I heard that 2.4.9 doesn't even run "thrash". Is this true? If so, why are these buggy VM's being released in the first place?
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