Re: Linux 2.2.15pre12

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 12:21:29 EST


On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> o More intelligent out of memory killing (Rik van Riel)
>
> i'm a bit late, but here goes anyway:
>
> is there any way to turn this off?
>
> I've seen the reports from other people about variouses processes
> being shot, and i'd feel much safer sticking to my ulimit's than
> trusting to kernel "telepathy".

- the reports you saw here the last time contained error
  messages from kernels _without_ the "smart" killing logic
- if you show me where the oom killing breaks for you, I'll
  gladly fix it

regards,

Rik

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