Re: OOM in 2.2.14

From: Mike A. Harris (mharris@meteng.on.ca)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 13:01:42 EDT

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    On 8 Jul 2000, Nick Holloway wrote:

    >dbronaugh@linuxhelp.bc.ca (David Bronaugh) writes:
    >> There should be a userland daemon to track free memory and, if it falls
    >> below a critical level, add more swap.
    >
    >This suggestion comes up about once a year, and I have some code that
    >implements such as "swap daemon". I must admit it is nearly two years
    >since the last mention.
    >
    >Have a look for "swapd" available from
    >
    > http://www.alfie.demon.co.uk/download/

    Thanks, I'll check it out..

    >The original code was written in 1993, and released in 1994 (on the
    >next discussion). Minor tweaks have happened, but nothing major.
    >I have never used it. A few have.
    >
    >If this really were the right approach, it would have become more widely
    >adopted, with a little more kernel support.

    100% agreed, nonetheless, I'm sure it is a useful program, or at
    least a good start at what I want to implement.

    Thanks,
    TTYL 

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