Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:21:55 +0100 (BST) | From | Ken Moffat <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.23-pre VM regression? |
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > sure. I think I already explained there are downsides in disabling the > oom killer for desktops where the offender task is normally the biggest > one too, but those downsides aren't something I care about given the > cases it gets right w/o it (i.e. huge-shm-SGA/mlock/oomdeadlocks). the > oom killer can do the wrong decision too sometime, and more > systematically as well. >
Any chance of getting the oom killer back as an option ? On 2.4.23-pre7 I made the mistake of trying to print a high-resolution photo (300ppi, A4 size) using ghostscript while I was in X. I've only got 128MB memory and about 256MB swap on that box, which obviously wasn't enough (gs typically uses up to 300MB for a 200ppi A4 picture). Only problem was that X got killed instead of gs, which left the box unuseable. Last time I saw the oom killer in action it actually saved me from having to reboot.
Ken -- Will code payroll for food.
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