Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:16:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:16:17 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:8082 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:15:59 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 00:15:15 +0100 (MET) From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [to various people] No, ulimit does not work. (But it helps a little.) No, /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory does not work. [to Alan] > Nobody feels its very important because nobody has implemented it. Yes, that is the right response. What can one say? One can only do. Andries - 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/