Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262515AbTIALsY (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:48:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262634AbTIALsX (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:48:23 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:11718 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262515AbTIALsS (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:48:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Andrea VM changes From: Alan Cox To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Chris Frey , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030831234211.GB29239@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <3F52199B.5020808@kegel.com> <20030831152246.A32685@netdirect.ca> <20030831234211.GB29239@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062416841.13327.20.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-4) Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:47:22 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 664 Lines: 14 On Llu, 2003-09-01 at 00:42, Jamie Lokier wrote: > I once ran GCC on a box out there in netland, on a short bit of code, > and it was a surprise memory hog due to the usual GCC surprises. Run -ac on remote boxes and turn on no overcommit. Paranoid people also run watchdog drivers set to NOWAYOUT and monitor a list of apps to be sure they are there - if the app is gone, or the watchdog app dies the box will reboot. - 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/