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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > That depends what you mean by "must not". If it's your missile guidance
> > system, aircraft autopilot or life support system, the system must not run
> > out of memory in the first place. If the system breaks down badly, killing
> > init and thus panicking (hence rebooting, if the system is set up that
> > way) seems the best approach.
>
> Ultra reliable systems dont contain memory allocators. There are good reasons
> for this but the design trade offs are rather hard to make in a real world
> environment

I esp. they run on CPU's without a stack or what?
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