Messages in this thread | | | From | (Tim Hollebeek) | Subject | Re: Out of memory kernel death -- solution ? | Date | Thu, 8 May 1997 20:19:22 -0400 (EDT) |
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Ian Main writes ... > > > Good point. A really easy thing to do would be to toss a message up to > > kerneld (or another daemon listening on the IPC channel) which could then > > take whatever action the admin likes. If one were to attack this problem, > > that would be the more aesthetically proper route. > > Yes, and you could use whatever algorythm you like to get the job done -- > wouldn't be hard to make it really flexable.. like a list of processess > that should never be killed, a list that should be killed first, and an > algorythm for selecting processes not mentioned in the list. I don't know > why all these people are debating it on the kernel list. If you need such > a thing.. go code it (and make it configurable while your at it.) :)
I *am* intending on writing a patch as soon as I get time, but I'd rather do it correctly, and in a way that it would be useful to a number of other people. Since I'm rather new at kernel hacking, I'm interested in hearing what other people think before diving in; for example the idea above sounds interesting and was one I had not thought of. Coding first and thinking later is not my idea of a good habit to get into :-)
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