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Respite from the OOM killer

Respite from the OOM killer

Posted Oct 7, 2004 8:10 UTC (Thu) by oever (subscriber, #987)
In reply to: Respite from the OOM killer by mbp
Parent article: Respite from the OOM killer

This seems like a robust approach. Unfortunately, it requires all vital
programs to be adapted to allocate memory in advance. It would be nice to
be able to allocate an amount of memory for vital processes that cannot
be taken by other programs without needing to change the code.


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