Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268802AbUIXOWm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:22:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268798AbUIXOWm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:22:42 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:15591 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268802AbUIXOWN (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:22:13 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] oom_pardon, aka don't kill my xlock From: Alan Cox To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Thomas Habets , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040923234520.GA7303@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <200409230123.30858.thomas@habets.pp.se> <20040923234520.GA7303@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1096031971.9791.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:19:32 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 23 On Gwe, 2004-09-24 at 00:45, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:23:08AM +0200, Thomas Habets wrote: > > > How about a sysctl that does "for the love of kbaek, don't ever kill these > > processes when OOM. If nothing else can be killed, I'd rather you panic"? > > An aircraft company discovered that it was cheaper to fly its planes > with less fuel on board. The planes would be lighter and use less fuel Chuckle. The rest of us just turn on "no overcommit" in /proc/sys. That way we get told before takeoff that there isnt enough memory instead. Really I'm astound that the default is still to pray you don't get thrown off the plane. Alan - 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/