Re: Some questions about linux kernel.

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Sat Mar 11 2000 - 16:43:05 EST


On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Peter Zaitsev wrote:

        [snip ulimit and OOM]

> Well. I know that but this seems to be just a work around. The
> system should not die because of usual users things.

> I know it's solved in solaris 2.6 as I wrote in OS/2 and even in
> Windows NT. But not in linux :(
> So I'm wondering if 2.4 will have something inside to avoid such
> situations.

It is trivial to solve this problem in a satisfactory
way for 99% of the situations. There has never been a
100% solution however and the last three times I sent
such code to linux-kernel a (small) flamewar started.

If Linus indicates he's willing to accept something
like my 2.2 oom killer patch into 2.3, I'll code
something up.

regards,

Rik

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