Re: Some interesting news about Linux 3.12 OOM - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dimitri Fontaine
Subject Re: Some interesting news about Linux 3.12 OOM
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In response to Re: Some interesting news about Linux 3.12 OOM  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> What has changed is how to react to situations where memory has been
> overcommitted but is now actually needed.

Sure. You either have a failure at malloc() or usage, over commit is all
about never failing at malloc(), but now you have to deal with OOM
conditions in creative way, like with the OOM Killer.

Anyways,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr     PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support



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