Subject: Re: User space out of memory approach
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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To: Edjard Souza Mota <edjard@gmail.com>
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       Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
       Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>,
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:19:23 +0100
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On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 11:31 +0200, Edjard Souza Mota wrote:
> propose a new selection mechanism. This misinterpretation is misleading the
> discussion of whether it may have som use in embedded devices or not.
> Even though, I believe that for PCs environment it has a great potential
> when you think that admins don't stay all the time in front of a computer.
> Once and while they also have a rest :). In these cases, instead of simply
> start ranking a deamon could dispatch a msg to her/him saying the system
> is approaching a red zone.

Pretty intriguing. Maybe the daemon waits for the answer mail then,
where the admin confirms to select the daemon as the preferrable victim
of oom. 

tglx


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