Re: OOM difference on IRIX vs. linux

[Sean Neakums <sneakums@xxxxxxxx>]

begin  Dan Hollis quotation:

> Its too bad theres no signal mechanism for userspace for 'memory
>low', eg SIGLOWMEM so userspace apps could voluntarily release
>resources to ease memory pressure.

There was a big discussion on LKML about that a few months back.  I
forget what the outcome was.

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