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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 00:14:05 +0200
From:      Alson van der Meulen <freebsd@alson.linuxfreak.nl>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: machine hangs when no memory/swap left ...
Message-ID:  <20010529001404.C4934@md2.mediadesign.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105281910040.436-100000@mobile.hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:10:55PM -0300
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105281910040.436-100000@mobile.hub.org>

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On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:10:55PM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> stupid question, but shouldn't there be a mechanism to prevent that?
> something to crash the process or somethign when the machine runs out of
> virtual memory?
Linux kills random processes, usually some vital ones like init. You
might like that better ;)

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NO! Not that button!
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