Re: VM nuisance

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Sat, 11 Aug 2001 01:17:38 -0300 (BRST)


On 10 Aug 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > I haven't got the faintest idea how to come up with an OOM
> > killer which does the right thing for everybody.
>
> Basically because there is no such thing?

Actually the killer itself isn't the problem.

It's deciding when to let it kick in.

Rik

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