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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:24:08 +0100
From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no>
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To: vda <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OOM killer in 2.4.15pre1 still not 100% ok
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vda wrote:

> Maybe I misunderstand something, but why OOM chose top? Is it how it is
> intended to work?

It is intended to do the least possible damage when killing
something.  I'd say it does nicely when killing "top", you
surely don't loose much work that way. :-)

Helge Hafting
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