Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:34 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> To: gnn@freebsd.org Cc: Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Arch <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Protect inetd and cron from being killed under high-pressure swapping Message-ID: <30DCA579-53AD-49EA-A5A2-5A0796A285C1@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7i8we5xlbm.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> References: <3bbf2fe10911160702m3641b65cv15ac2942cbb023fd@mail.gmail.com> <7i8we5xlbm.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
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On 17 Nov 2009, at 14:44, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > At Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:08 +0100, > Attilio Rao wrote: >> >> This simple patch protects inetd and cron from being killed under >> high-pressure swapping systems: >> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/Sandvine/STABLE_8/madvised/madvised.diff >> >> This patch has been contributed back from Sandvine Incorporated. >> Comments, reviews and testing are welcome. >> > > Good idea and the patch looks OK to me. Yes, the idea is good, but should we really trust inetd and crond that much ? Are there other daemons that do this? -- Rui Paulo
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