Re: Strict Mem Project (was Re: Overcommitable memory??)

From: Marco Colombo (marco@esi.it)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 08:57:03 EST


On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Alan Curry wrote:

> To try to push this discussion from "why" to "how", I've added an entry to
> the Free Software Bazaar (http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/bazaar.html)
> offering $100 to the person who makes Linux memory allocation behave as
> documented by the relevant standards.

Hand the money to the mm guys. It already does.

> All those who spoke out against overcommitment and the "OOM killer" are
> invited to add money to the pool. Hopefully someone familar enough with the
> code will decide to take us up on the offer.
>
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.TM.

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