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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 04:38:02 +0100
From: Philipp Rumpf <prumpf@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler
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> If init dies the kernel hangs solid anyway

Init should never die.  If we get to do_exit in init we'll panic which is
the right thing to do (reboot on critical systems).
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