Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

[Alan Cox]

> > How do you return an out of memory error to a C program that is out of memory
> > due to a stack growth fault. There is actually not a language construct for it
> 
> Simple, you reclaim a few of those uptodate buffers.  My testing here has

If you have reclaimable buffers you are not out of memory. If oom is triggered
in that state it is a bug. If you are complaining that the oom killer triggers
at the wrong time then thats a completely unrelated issue.

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