Subject: Re: Attempting to stop lock up when out of memory
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/22/2005 05:58:18
reed@reedmedia.net ("Jeremy C. Reed") writes:
>What can be done so the default out-of-the-box configurations won't allow
>the system to become locked up or unavailable when out of memory?
Nothing. The system freezes when the kernel runs out of memory.
>But even the "out of swap" does not explain to me why pinging finally
>stops working too. Any ideas?
If pinging stopped the system probably crashed.
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