Subject: Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)
To: None <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/14/1999 09:20:52
>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:
Matthew> Maybe if I call the sysctl "vm.crashmenow". No, that will just make more
Matthew> people actually try it. It might be doable as a compile-time option,
Matthew> since you wouldn't be able to run anything approaching standard on
Matthew> such a system anyway. I don't see much use for it myself. As I said
Matthew> before, there are easier ways to manage memory that are not quite as
Matthew> arbitrary as simply refusing a potential overcommit.
Is there anyway on FreeBSD to
a) ask that one not be on the SIGKILL list?
b) tune the amount of overcommit?
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