Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:15:35 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: Robert Drehmel <robert@zoot.drehmel.com>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm ... SIGDANGER Message-ID: <20030317051535.GM4145@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0303162022110.7435-100000@root.org> References: <20030315064724.GA559@zoot.drehmel.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0303162022110.7435-100000@root.org>
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* Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> [030316 20:24] wrote: > On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Robert Drehmel wrote: > > Or let's bind a default importance value to vnodes, > > initialized by a global file at system startup and always > > modifiable through a system call (used by the reimp > > utility) :-) > > *MUAAAAGH!* *clunk* *whir!* > > -Nate > > (i.e. you just gave Ken Thompson a heart attack, he fell down dead, and > now he is rapidly spinning in his grave) Actually reimplementing the sticky bit on executables to make that mark them as less viable in OOM situations seems like a good idea, there's also the idea of using extended attributes in the filesystem to do it. It does make a lot of sense. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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