Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:36:31 +0000 | From | Jonathan Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init |
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>> free = atomic_read(&buffermem_pages); >> free += atomic_read(&page_cache_size); >> free += nr_free_pages(); >> - free += nr_swap_pages; > >> + /* Since getting swap info is expensive, see if our allocation >>can happen in physical RAM */ > >Actually, getting swap info is as cheap as reading the variable >nr_swap_pages. I should fix this in the OOM killer ;)
Just fixed that for myself (in both places) and about to test. I'm almost sure I actually encountered an error related to this, but I'll retest and make sure...
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