Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:42:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Claus Fischer <> | Subject | Memory hogs |
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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
-- Claus Fischer (claus.fischer@microworld.com)
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