Re: [PATCHES] Automatically setting work_mem

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 01:14:42PM -0700, David Gould wrote:

> To avoid running out of swap and triggering the oom killer we have
> had to reduce work_mem below what we prefer.

Dunno about your work_mem, but you can make sure the OOM killer
doesn't kill you as follows <http://lwn.net/Articles/104185/>.

HTH :)

Cheers,
D
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