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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix quadratic behavior of shrink_dcache_parent()
> Unfortunately this patch doesn't completely solve this problem, since
> the system will still be hosed due to all memory being used up by
> dentries. And I bet the OOM killer won't find the real target (du)
> but will kill anything before that.
>
> So the second part of the problem is to somehow limit the number of
> dentries used. Not easy...

At least with this patch (if I am reading it correctly), once the offending
culprit is identified and the programs are killed off, everything will go
back to normal without a reboot.

Russ
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