linux-kernel - Re: Out of memory management in embedded systems

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Message-ID: <20070928101711.504eb198@bree.surriel.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:17:11 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
Cc:	Daniel Spång <daniel.spang@...il.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Out of memory management in embedded systems

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:04:23 -0400
"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@...logic.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, [iso-8859-1] Daniel Spång wrote:
> 
> > On 9/28/07, linux-os (Dick Johnson) <linux-os@...logic.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, [iso-8859-1] Daniel Spång wrote:

> >>> Some kind of notification to the application that the available memory
> >>> is scarce and let the application free up some memory (e.g., by
> >>> flushing caches), could be used to improve the situation 

> Any networked appliance can (will) throw data away if there are
> no resources available.

That is exactly what Daniel proposed in his first email.

I think his idea makes sense.

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