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Subject: Re: Out of Swap Space hangs system 
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Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> writes:

>> > Is it normal for running out of swap space to hang the system?
>> 
>> Unfortunately, yes.

>Right, so far.

>> It should not be, especially for a server OS.

>By all means provide an algorithm to solve it, if it concerns
>you.  I think you'll find it's non-trivial.

Here's one possible algorithm, in pseudo-perl:

   for $pid (@all_active_pids) {
      $critical_system_process{$pid} && next;
      &kill($pid);
      &got_enough_swap() && last;
   }
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>


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