Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:17:39 -0800 From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Out of Swap Space hangs system Message-ID: <199903232317.AA25480@waltz.rahul.net> References: <freebsd-questions.19990323211859.16523.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>
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Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> writes:
>> > Is it normal for running out of swap space to hang the system?
>>
>> Unfortunately, yes.
>Right, so far.
>> It should not be, especially for a server OS.
>By all means provide an algorithm to solve it, if it concerns
>you. I think you'll find it's non-trivial.
Here's one possible algorithm, in pseudo-perl:
for $pid (@all_active_pids) {
$critical_system_process{$pid} && next;
&kill($pid);
&got_enough_swap() && last;
}
--
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
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