Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler

[Andrea Arcangeli]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 04:19:55PM -0400, Byron Stanoszek wrote:
> In the OOM killer, shouldn't there be a check for PID 1 just to enforce that

Init can't be killed in 2.2.x latest, the same bugfix should be forward
ported to 2.4.x.
 
> Can you give me your rationale for selecting 'nice' processes as being badder?

Also the cpu time and start time of a process are meaningless. Simulations
runs for weeks before they run the machine out of memory.

Andrea
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/