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Article #509Re: Sys V handling of insufficient swap space.
From: lou
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1987 19:12
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1987 19:12
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I've removed .wizards from the subject line, because I sure ain't no
wizard !
> < Sys5 doesn't handle running out of swap space well. A program
> that supposedly demonstrates this is provided >
First of all, your program won't run on many systems,
hoxna included, because that huge auto array you allocate won't fit
on the stack. (We're not *all* running Amdahls, y'know).
Second of all, well, you're right, "out of swap space", CRASH ! ,
isn't the most elegant way to handle it, but it seems to me if it happens
more than more than say twice, you've got malicious users or need to re-tune
your system. But the only way I can see to do things differently would be
to kill the proccess asking for the fatal pages, and that could conceivably
cause just as many problems.
lou @ hoxna
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!hoxna!lou From: lou@hoxna.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Sys V handling of insufficient swap space. Message-ID: <1078@hoxna.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 14:12:42 EST Article-I.D.: hoxna.1078 Posted: Tue Mar 3 14:12:42 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 00:12:41 EST References: <1035@wang7.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel,N.J Lines: 19 Keywords: swap crash Summary: So provide lots of swap space.