Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263238AbTIATwP (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:52:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263244AbTIATwP (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:52:15 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:53006 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263238AbTIATwO (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:52:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:52:23 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Matthias Andree Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Andrea VM changes Message-ID: <20030901195223.GA31760@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Andree , lkml References: <20030831115050.GC30252@merlin.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030831115050.GC30252@merlin.emma.line.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 886 Lines: 18 On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 01:50:50PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > 05_vm_09_misc_junk-3 removes the PF_MEMDIE and you also seem to remove the > > OOM killer. Is that right? Why? > > Nuking OOM killer is IMHO a sane thing to do. Unless you start > everything out of PID #1 which is unkillable, usually init(8), you don't > want the OOM killer. Imagine it nukes your portmap. With Linux portmap > that doesn't support warm starts (unlike Solaris 8), this means: reboot. Can't you just restart the other rpc services after restarting portmap? (IIRC, I have done exactly this without trobule) - 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/