Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:05:35 +1100 | From | Andre Pang <> | Subject | Re: linux crashed with unchecked malloc ?? |
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On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 07:49:33PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> A process (wish I knew what one!!!!) started consuming all available > memory on my computer, and it suddenly started thrashing. I couldn't > do anything with the console, except switch from one screen to > another. > > There was nothing I could do. Eventually, I got messages that > said there was not enough memory, and the computer started killing > of random (and relatively small) processes.
I did see a patch _somewhere_ which killed off processes more intelligently than by a random()-ish method :). I think it starting killing off the tasks which were asleep the most, followed by the memory hogs..
Unfortunately, since I've never have this problem, I never bookmarked the webpage which had the page :(. You might want to try searching www.linuxhq.com, www.kernelnotes.org and www.linuxmama.com for any hint of 'out of memory'. IIRC, the patch was for 2.2.9+.
If somebody finds the patch, I'm sure many on the list would appreciate the URL!
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