linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] log out-of-virtual-memory events

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Message-ID: <464C9D82.60105@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 14:22:58 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	righiandr@...rs.sourceforge.net
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] log out-of-virtual-memory events

Andrea Righi wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to keep track of the processes that fail to allocate new
> virtual memory. What do you think about the following approach (untested)?

Looks like an easy way for users to spam syslogd over and
over and over again.

At the very least, shouldn't this be dependant on print_fatal_signals?

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