Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:12:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: the new VM |
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > > Sorry I totally disagree. If GFP_KERNEL are garanteeded to succeed > > > that is a showstopper bug. [...] > > > > why? > > Because as you said the machine can lockup when you run out of memory.
well, i think all kernel-space allocations have to be limited carefully, denying succeeding allocations is not a solution against over-allocation, especially in a multi-user environment.
Ingo
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