Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread James Sutherland
On 29 Oct 2000, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? > > > > [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual > > memory need

Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Alan Cox
> Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? > [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual > memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. > Furthermore, it would render this process immune to th

Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? > > [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual > memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. > Further

guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Raul Miller
Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. Furthermore, it would render this process immune to the OOM killer, unless

guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Raul Miller
Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. Furthermore, it would render this process immune to the OOM killer, unless

Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. Furthermore, it would render

Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread Alan Cox
Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated memory, etc. Furthermore, it would render this process immune to the OOM killer, unless

Re: guarantee_memory() syscall?

2000-10-29 Thread James Sutherland
On 29 Oct 2000, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone tell me about the viability of a guarantee_memory() syscall? [I'm thinking: it would either kill the process, or allocate all virtual memory needed for its shared libraries, buffers, allocated