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Cc: FreeBSD Arch <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Protect inetd and cron from being killed
	under	high-pressure swapping
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At Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:08 +0100,
Attilio Rao wrote:
> 
> This simple patch protects inetd and cron from being killed under
> high-pressure swapping systems:
> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/Sandvine/STABLE_8/madvised/madvised.diff
> 
> This patch has been contributed back from Sandvine Incorporated.
> Comments, reviews and testing are welcome.
> 

Good idea and the patch looks OK to me.

Best,
George