Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:34:29 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler |
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On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Ingo Molnar wrote: > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > Would this complexity /really/ be worth it for the twice-yearly OOM > > situation? > > the only reason i suggested this was the init=/bin/bash, 4MB > RAM, no swap emergency-bootup case. We must not kill init in > that case - if the current code doesnt then great and none of > this is needed.
I guess this requires some testing. If anybody can reproduce the bad effects without going /too/ much out of the way of a realistic scenario, the code needs to be fixed.
If it turns out to be a non-issue in all scenarios, there's no need to make the code any more complex.
regards,
Rik -- "What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!" -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000
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