linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Reproducible OOM with just a few sleeps

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Message-ID: <51093D03.8070006@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:32:19 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:	paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au, 695182@...s.debian.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Reproducible OOM with just a few sleeps

On 01/30/2013 04:51 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Are you saying that HIGHMEM configuration with 4GB ram is not expected
> to work?

Not really.

The assertion was that 4GB with no PAE passed a forkbomb test (ooming)
while 4GB of RAM with PAE hung, thus _PAE_ is broken.

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