From :   Andries Brouwer <aebr-AT-win.tue.nl> To :   Thomas Habets <thomas-AT-habets.pp.se> Subject :   Re: [PATCH] oom_pardon, aka don't kill my xlock Date :   Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:45:20 +0200 Cc :   linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:23:08AM +0200, Thomas Habets wrote: > How about a sysctl that does "for the love of kbaek, don't ever kill these > processes when OOM. If nothing else can be killed, I'd rather you panic"? An aircraft company discovered that it was cheaper to fly its planes with less fuel on board. The planes would be lighter and use less fuel and money was saved. On rare occasions however the amount of fuel was insufficient, and the plane would crash. This problem was solved by the engineers of the company by the development of a special OOF (out-of-fuel) mechanism. In emergency cases a passenger was selected and thrown out of the plane.…