From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:53:07 +0100 From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" Subject: Re: [patch] memory hog protection Message-ID: <20000426115307.C3792@redhat.com> References: <390603EA.7DFC64BA@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <390603EA.7DFC64BA@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 04:45:30PM -0400 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Jeff Garzik Cc: riel@nl.linux.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Hi, On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 04:45:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > ...dozen or so smaller processes which are far less important than the > database server :) That's exactly the property we need to avoid. In many cases, when you have one large memory hog thrashing away, the one smaller process which _really_ matters is the shell from which root is trying to sort out the mess. --Stephen -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/