RE: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?)

Brian Schau (bsc@fleggaard.dk)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:26:38 +0100


Not exactly (?!) If the offending process eats the memory before you
get a chance to switch back to a login console and actually do the
login, you're equally screwed ........

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnny Tevessen [SMTP:j.tevessen@gmx.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 8:55 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Cc: Brian Schau
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Patch to Memory Subsystem ... (Needed?)
>
> Quoting Brian Schau (bsc@fleggaard.dk):
>
> > I might have some
> > ideas on how to implement a '5% Real Genuine Root-reserve', but I
> don't
> > know what options the memory sub-system offers me or how flexible
> the
> > mss is.
>
> What about reserving a text console and run a program in it that will
> occupy a certain amount of RAM in shm segments (they're not swapped
> out---am I right here?)? You would only have to switch to the given
> console on the server (which should not require additional memory)
> (which (the server) should be in a locked-up room) and CTRL-C aka kill
> that program. Then there'd be memory to kill the offending
> process(es).
>
> ciao,
> johnny
> --
> Trust noone.

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