linux-kernel - RE: System hang problem.

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Date:	Wed, 4 Oct 2006 17:24:12 +0300
From:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: System hang problem.

Manish Neema wrote:
> > What you can often do, if you have one application using much memory,
> > is limiting *this application's* memory usage with ulimit. If the
> > application correctly handles malloc()==NULL, then at least your
> > system will behave stably.
>
> The problem is its different application, different user each time (a
> typical large R&D environment). /etc/security/limits.conf allows to set
> max resident set size. Is there a way to limit based on the total
> virtual size?

You mean like: ulimit -v [total VMsize/runqueue]

I suppose, that this could easily be dynamically calculated by the kernel, 
for a tremendously inhibiting OOM-killer effect.


Thanks!

--
Al

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