> We have some customers with some fairly beefy servers. They can get the
> system into an unusable state that has been reported on lkml before.
> The two attached patches applied to 2.4.19 fix the problem on our test boxes.
>
> Are these patches still considered a good idea for 2.4? Is there something
> better I should be using?
Yes, these patches are a good idea. I'm curious why they
haven't been submitted to Marcelo yet ;)
Rik
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