Re: [PATCH #2] OOM kill trigger

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Rik van Riel wrote: > > + cache_mem = atomic_read(&page_cache_size); > > + cache_mem += atomic_read(&buffermem_pages); > > + cache_mem -= swapper_space.nrpages; > > + limit = (page_cache.min_percent + buffer_mem.min_percent); > > Don

Re: [PATCH #2] OOM kill trigger

Rik van Riel wrote: > + cache_mem = atomic_read(&page_cache_size); > + cache_mem += atomic_read(&buffermem_pages); > + cache_mem -= swapper_space.nrpages; > + limit = (page_cache.min_percent + buffer_mem.min_percent); Don't you need extra protection around swapper_space.nr

[PATCH #2] OOM kill trigger

Hi, As Hugh pointed out, the info on how many pages we have in the swap cache is (of course) present in the swapper_space structure. Patch has been shrunk accordingly... Rik -- Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release: "we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)