Hi Alan > > > It also appears there is no way to wait for memory shortages (processes > > > that can free memory easily) only for memory to start appearing. > > > > poll() with never timeout don't fill your requirement? > > to be honest, maybe I don't understand your afraid yet. sorry. > > My misunderstanding. There is in fact no way to wait for memory to become > available. The poll() method you provide works nicely waiting for > shortages and responding to them by freeing memory. > > It would be interesting to add FASYNC support to this. Some users have > asked for a signal when memory shortage occurs (as IBM AIX provides > this). FASYNC support would allow a SIGIO to be delivered from this > device when memory shortages occurred. Poll as you have implemented is of > course the easier way for a program to monitor memory and a better > interface.
OK. I will challenge implement at mem_notify v5. - kosaki -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
