Re: Andrea VM changes

From: Matthias Andree (matthias.andree_at_gmx.de)
Date: 08/31/03

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    On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

    > 05_vm_09_misc_junk-3 removes the PF_MEMDIE and you also seem to remove the
    > OOM killer. Is that right? Why?

    Nuking OOM killer is IMHO a sane thing to do. Unless you start
    everything out of PID #1 which is unkillable, usually init(8), you don't
    want the OOM killer. Imagine it nukes your portmap. With Linux portmap
    that doesn't support warm starts (unlike Solaris 8), this means: reboot.

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