Re: Out Of Memory in v. 2.1
Bernd Schmidt (crux@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 13:15:21 +0200 (MET DST)
>
> It could mean killing init because netscape gobbled up the
> rest of the memory -- indirectly resulting in killing netscape
> after all. In cases like this, it is better to kill the worst
> offender and avoid killing:
> - critical daemons
> - the rest of the system
Shouldn't critical stuff like init or update be calling mlockall(MCL_FUTURE)?
That would avoid some of the problems. Sure, it's not feasible for X, but
init isn't that big after all.
Bernd
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