Re: [patch] my latest oom stuff

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 20:20:12 +0100 (CET)

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > I know about get_free_pages() freeing up memory --
> > I put that 'emergency' code in there when kswapd
> > couldn't cut it.
>
> No. It's always been there, since before kswapd even existed.

IIRC it has been absent/not agressive enough in
some 1.3/2.0 days, but then again I'd better
leave the authorative answer to you :)

damn, this dvorak thing is killing me...

cheers,

Rik -- typing slowly because my kbd is dvorak since sun 19:40...
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