Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-26,: Re: OOM?

# Re: OOM?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:09:39 +0100 (BST)

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> > Compile in the softdog driver and run the softdog daemon.
>
> That is a very good idea, but what if the OOM killer skips over the
> softdoc daemon like it did apache that one time?

You can make the softdog daemon check other stuff. Its common to make it
a script that checks the web server is responding and a few other things and
reboots cleanly if they are not - thus bringing the box down nicely. If it
gets killed or locks softdog kills the box hard

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