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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 22:13:28 +0200 (CEST)
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Reply-To: mingo@elte.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler
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Rik,

what do you think about the attached patch? It increases the effective
priority of a (kernel-) killed process, and initiates a reschedule, so
that it gets selected ASAP. (except if there are RT processes around.)
This should make OOM decisions 'visible' much more quickly.

	Ingo

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