linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23.8: OOM killer kills wrong jobs

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Message-ID: <20071217155910.278020c4@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:59:10 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	taow@...or.concordia.ca
Cc:	"Steven Winikoff" <smw@...or.concordia.ca>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Sheila Ettinger" <sheilae@...or.concordia.ca>,
	"Tan Bui" <tan@...or.concordia.ca>,
	"Tao Wang" <taow@...or.concordia.ca>,
	"Gillian Roper" <groper@...or.concordia.ca>,
	"Sylvain Robitaille" <syl@...or.concordia.ca>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23.8: OOM killer kills wrong jobs

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:44:05 -0500 (EST)
taow@...or.concordia.ca wrote:

> > You will *probably* get stable 16GB with the vendor tuned enterprise
> > kernels (RHEL, CentOS etc),
> 
> That's sounds "a little" relief. Thesis 1,2,3 has 16GB memory. Aries has 12G.

If you can run a 64bit kernel, it will save you an inordinate amount of
pain on a box with > 4GB of RAM. The fact > 4GB is possible on such a box
in 32bit doesn't make it a good idea.

Alan
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