Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:07 -0700 (PDT) | | From | David Rientjes <> | | Subject | Re: Misleading OOM messages |
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On Thu, 14 May 2009, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n", > > > + printk(KERN_ERR "No available memory %s: " > > > + "kill process %d (%s) score %li or a child\n", > > > message, task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, points); > > > > "No available memory" still suggests that plugging in more memory is the > > right solution. > > To me it at least adds the fact that more should be made *available* and > not just that you're out of it. So, definitely not perfect, but better > than "out". >
I think "no allowable memory" followed by information on what is and is not allowed in that specific context would remove any ambiguity.
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