On Fri, 2006-Mar-10 15:53:43 +0200, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: > But AFAIK the kernel kills NOT the requesting process but the one with the >largest RSS. This selection algorithm seems to be the dumbest one, since >process with largest RSS almost always is the process which does some real >work.
This frees up the greatest amount of memory and so minimises the risk of the problem recurring. > Compare "never satisfy request" and "kill another, totally unrelated, >process". This has been argued about many times in the past - though not with any satisfactory solution AFAIK. Look for 'SIGDANGER' in the archives. -- Peter Jeremy _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
