Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc/sys/kern
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/06/2002 18:12:26
Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> writes:
> Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org> writes:
>
> > The sleep thing is smart & simple solution to tough problem. I don't
> > see how it could cause any new problem. So I currently don't see why
> > to not have it there.
>
> It also only occurs in the case where a process is trying to exceed
> its limit.
You mean like, perhaps, a system already on the edge of collapse where
the delays will make the collapse worse, as has already been explained
by others?
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com