Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:59:02 +0100 | From | Jon Masters <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] oom_pardon, aka don't kill my xlock |
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:35:54 -0300, Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 02:12:26PM +0100, Jon Masters wrote:
> > What would be wrong with having the page reclaim algorithms use one of > > the low memory watermarks as a trigger to call in to userspace to > > extend the swap available if possible? This is probably what Microsoft > > et al do with their "Windows is extending your virtual memory
> You dont to change kernel code for that - make a script to monitor > swap usage, as soon as it gets below a given watermark, you swapon > whatever swapfile you want.
Assuming the machine's not swapping itself to death, but I suppose you're right anyway. I'll have a look at writing something for proof of concept.
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