Re: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler

[Jim Gettys]

On Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 14:38:10 -0700 (PDT), Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:

> 
> The problem is that there is no way to keep track of them afterwards.
> 
> So the process that gave X the bitmap dies. What now? Are we going to
> depend on X un-counting the resources?
> 

X has to uncount the resources already, to free the memory in the X server
allocated on behalf of that client.  X has to get this right, to be a long
lived server (properly debugged X servers last many months without problems:
unfortunately, a fair number of DDX's are buggy).

                                        - Jim

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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
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