Fwd: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

[Ed Tomlinson]

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 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init
 From: Jonathan Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:45:43 -0500

 >Hmm...  "if ( freemem < (size_of_mallocing_process / 20) ) fail_to_allocate;"

Not sure this is that reasonable on a 4G box... 800M is a big chunk...

Why not base this on the vm's free goal.  If I remember correctly it tries to keep one
second of pages ready for allocating.  If memory is so tight that a second's worth of
memory does not exist.  Note that I mean memory free in main memory and swap.

Think your malloc patch along with UID weighting (1-99 protected, 100-999 endangered, 
1000+ open season - with poaching expected if there is no choise) will make help oom 
processing.

Ed Tomlinson

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