From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:04:19 +0100 (CET) From: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, george anzinger wrote: > > > What happens if you just make swap VERY large? Does the system thrash > > it self to a virtual standstill? > > It does. I need to implement load control code (so we suspend > processes in turn to keep the load low enough so we can avoid > thrashing). That would be a nice emergency feature. I've run into the situation where the box was thrashing so badly that it was impossible to login to try to regain control. Getting a login prompt took nearly forever, and I could'nt get a passwd entered before login timed-out :) -Mike -- 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/