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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] Some vmevent fixes...
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On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:45 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, big design choice here. 1) vmevent is a just notification. it can't
> guarantee to prevent oom. or 2) to implement some trick (e.g. reserved
> memory for vmevent processes, kernel activity blocking until finish
> memory returing, etc)

Yes, vmevent is only for notification and will not *guarantee* OOM
prevention. It simply tries to provide hints early enough to the
userspace to so that OOM can be avoided if possible.


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