Re: OOM killer *WORKS* for a change!
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Mike A. Harris wrote: > I just ran netscape which for some reason or another went totally > whacky and gobbled RAM. It has done this before and made the box > totally unuseable in 2.2.17-2.2.19 befor the kernel killed 90% of > my running apps before getting the right one. I ported the 2.4 OOM killer about half year ago to 2.2, available for 2.2.19 kernel at http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/reserved_root_memory.html Note, since it's activated in page fault handler that is architecture dependent, the current patch works only on x86 (the only one I could test). If one is interested in other archs, let me know. Szaka - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: OOM killer *WORKS* for a change!
>I just ran netscape which for some reason or another went totally >whacky and gobbled RAM. It has done this before and made the box >totally unuseable in 2.2.17-2.2.19 befor the kernel killed 90% of >my running apps before getting the right one. This time, it >OOM'd and killed Netscape and I got control back instantly. This >is with 2.4.2. I hope this is a good sign! Maybe, but 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 are still using the "old" killer algorithms which can behave erratically. I haven't looked at 2.2.x OOM killers at all, so I don't know how they compare. At some point in the near future, I want to separate my patches out so they can receive individual attention and hopefully get applied. BTW, on this subject, if anyone sent me a mail which I haven't replied to, I probably never got it due to e-mail problems with my ISP. If it's still relevant, please resend. -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) big-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uni-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -END GEEK CODE BLOCK- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
OOM killer *WORKS* for a change!
I just ran netscape which for some reason or another went totally whacky and gobbled RAM. It has done this before and made the box totally unuseable in 2.2.17-2.2.19 befor the kernel killed 90% of my running apps before getting the right one. This time, it OOM'd and killed Netscape and I got control back instantly. This is with 2.4.2. I hope this is a good sign! -- Mike A. Harris - Linux advocate - Free Software advocate This message is copyright 2001, all rights reserved. Views expressed are my own, not necessarily shared by my employer. -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
