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    Riley Williams wrote:

    : If so, then the "warning shot" is fired BEFORE memory runs out, not
    : after...


    Indeed a good userspace solution would prevent the kernel from ever
    executing the last resort emergency code.


    People however tend to mix things up and think a good userspace solution
    is a REPLACEMENT for proper emergency handling by the kernel, or that
    both should be combined. They should not.

    Designing a good userspace solution will take some time, and there won't
    be a one-solution-fits-all thingy.

    The last resort kernel emergency code should be completely self-contained,
    independent from userspace. When we get there, everything else has already
    failed.


    Claus

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    Claus Fischer (claus.fischer@microworld.com)


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