Re: 2.0.30: Lockups with huge proceses mallocing all VM

[Bill Hawes]

Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> Random applications must never be permitted to kill the system, yet
> that is what's happening.  Killing the application in the face of
> excessive resource demands, or making it misbehave in some suitable
> manner, is fine, as long as the system continues to function.  In this
> case, the system fails to continue, and that is why I asked.

Karl,
If it's not too much trouble, I'd be interested to know how the 2.1.71
kernel holds up when running your mega-application. Could you give it a
try under the development kernel and report back to the list?

Regards,
Bill