From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3903D353.D98969B7@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:53:39 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [patch] memory hog protection References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: riel@nl.linux.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Rik van Riel wrote: > the patch below changes the mm->swap_cnt assignment to put > memory hogs at a disadvantage to programs with a smaller > RSS. [...] There are many classes of problems where preserving interactivity at the expense of a resource hog is a bad not good idea. Think of obscure situations like database servers for example :) -- Jeff Garzik | Nothing cures insomnia like the Building 1024 | realization that it's time to get up. MandrakeSoft, Inc. | -- random fortune -- 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/