Rik van Riel wrote: > > How about SIGTERM a bit before SIGKILL then re-evaluate the OOM > > N usecs later? > > And run the risk of having to kill /another/ process as well ? > > I really don't know if that would be a wise thing to do > (but feel free to do some tests to see if your idea would > work ... I'd love to hear some test results with your idea). I was thinking (dangerous) about an urgent v.s. critical OOM. urgent could trigger a SIGTERM which would give advance notice to the offending process. I don't think we have a signal method of notifying processes when resources are critically low, feel free to correct me. Is there a signal that -might- be used for this? -d -- "There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents", Thomas Jefferson [1742-1826], 3rd US President - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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