In message <20080107095853.GR947_at_server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>, Peter Jeremy writes: >>This is a non-starter, if SIGDANGER is to have any effect, all >>processes that use malloc(3) should react to it. > >This depends on what SIGDANGER is supposed to indicate. IMO, a single >signal is inadequate - you need a "free memory is less than desirable, >please reduce memory use if possible" and one (or maybe several levels >of) "memory is really short, if you're not important, please die". That's what I have been advocating for the last 10 years... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Mon Jan 07 2008 - 09:05:24 UTC
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