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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 02:55:59 -0300 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: george anzinger <george@mvista.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, george anzinger wrote:

> What happens if you just make swap VERY large?  Does the system thrash
> it self to a virtual standstill?

It does.  I need to implement load control code (so we suspend
processes in turn to keep the load low enough so we can avoid
thrashing).

> Is this a possible answer?  Supposedly you could then sneak in and
> blow away the bad guys manually ...

This certainly works.

regards,

Rik
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