Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:45:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:45:30 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:21522 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:45:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:45:48 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Mikulas Patocka Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: %u-order allocation failed Message-ID: <20011009114548.A3341@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> In-Reply-To:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > Linus, what do you think: is it OK if fork randomly fails with very small > > > probability or not? > > > > Your code doesnt change that behaviour. Not one iota. Do the mathematics, > > work out the failure probabilities for page pairs. Now remember that the > > vmalloc one has guard pages too. > > > > You are trying to solve a non problem with a non solution > > I asked Linus, not you :-/ > > It's up to him, if he wants "stability-based-on-probability" algorithms in > Linux or not. You ignored comment about guard pages. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: 6453 dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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/