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Date:      Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:33:37 +0100
From:      Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
To:        Matthias Buelow <mkb@mkbuelow.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel killing processes when out of swap 
Message-ID:  <52802.1113341617@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
In-Reply-To: <200504121817.j3CIHWRT017619@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>  from Matthias Buelow <mkb@mkbuelow.net>  of "Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:17:32 %2B0200"

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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:

<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.aix/browse_frm/thread/91541dbf6b658465/4c590978f1001507?q=overcommit&rnum=14#4c590978f1001507>;

<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.aix/browse_frm/thread/38c9bb9996d30eb1/e8c30f78c44a3f62?q=overcommit&rnum=12#e8c30f78c44a3f62>;

Nick B



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