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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] Some vmevent fixes...
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    On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:45 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro
    <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com> wrote:
    > So, big design choice here. 1) vmevent is a just notification. it can't
    > guarantee to prevent oom. or 2) to implement some trick (e.g. reserved
    > memory for vmevent processes, kernel activity blocking until finish
    > memory returing, etc)

    Yes, vmevent is only for notification and will not *guarantee* OOM
    prevention. It simply tries to provide hints early enough to the
    userspace to so that OOM can be avoided if possible.


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