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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: VM nuisance
Date: 10 Aug 2001 19:59:26 -0700
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By author:    Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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> I haven't got the faintest idea how to come up with an OOM
> killer which does the right thing for everybody.
> 

Basically because there is no such thing?

	-hpa
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