Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 9 Oct 2000 14:38:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler |
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On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > consumption. X certainly knows on behalf of which connection resources > > are created; the OS could then transfer this back to the appropriate client > > (at least when on machine). > > Definitely - and this is present in some non Unix OS's. We do pass credentials > across AF_UNIX sockets so the mechanism is notionally there to provide the > credentials to X, just not to use them
The problem is that there is no way to keep track of them afterwards.
So the process that gave X the bitmap dies. What now? Are we going to depend on X un-counting the resources?
I'd prefer just X having a higher "mm nice level" or something.
Linus
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