On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 23:03:06 +1000, John Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good people, > > Just had a thought! > > Might it be worth while protecting the postmaster from an OOM Kill on > Linux by setting /proc/{pid}/oom_adj to -17 ? > (Described vaguely in mm/oom_kill.c)
Wouldn't it be better to use sysctl to tell the kernel not to over commit memory in the first place? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend