Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:28:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:28:03 -0400 Received: from air-2.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:63622 "EHLO wookie-t23.pdx.osdl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:28:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Killing/balancing processes when overcommited From: "Timothy D. Witham" To: Rik van Riel Cc: Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 16 Sep 2002 13:27:50 -0700 Message-Id: <1032208070.2318.370.camel@wookie-t23.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1336 Lines: 40 On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 12:11, Rik van Riel wrote: > On 16 Sep 2002, Timothy D. Witham wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 07:03, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > > > 1) memory is exhausted > > > > > 2) the network driver can't allocate memory and > > > > > spits out a message > > > > > 3) syslogd and/or klogd get killed > > > Not in what I had described. Unless the page fault was for a new page > > (just malloc'ed) it wouldn't result in the killing of the process. > > Unfortunately they do. Reality doesn't quite match your > description. > I wasn't talking about the current situation I was talking about the pre-allocation method. Tim > Rik > -- > Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". > > http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ > > Spamtraps of the month: september@surriel.com trac@trac.org -- Timothy D. Witham - Lab Director - wookie@osdlab.org Open Source Development Lab Inc - A non-profit corporation 15275 SW Koll Parkway - Suite H - Beaverton OR, 97006 (503)-626-2455 x11 (office) (503)-702-2871 (cell) (503)-626-2436 (fax) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/