From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 21:33:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F334416A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:33:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from raven.ravenbrook.com (raven.ravenbrook.com [193.82.131.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0808D43D46 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:33:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (thrush.ravenbrook.com [193.112.141.145]) j3CLXdU7079461; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:33:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j3CLXbHs052803; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:33:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@thrush.ravenbrook.com) From: Nick Barnes To: Matthias Buelow In-Reply-To: <200504121817.j3CIHWRT017619@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> from Matthias Buelow of "Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:17:32 +0200" Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:33:37 +0100 Message-ID: <52802.1113341617@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Sender: nb@ravenbrook.com cc: Marc Olzheim cc: Vivek Khera cc: Dan Nelson cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel killing processes when out of swap X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:33:51 -0000 At 2005-04-12 18:17:32+0000, Matthias Buelow writes: > This stuff has been discussed in the past. Indeed. For a couple of examples from the days before BSD systems got overcommit, see these threads from 1990 and 1991: Nick B