... @analogic.com> wrote: >>>>> But an embedded system contains all the software ... it can never run out of memory because everything it will ... game would need 2 GB of RAM, and either mozilla or ... ll want a memory manager helper application in userspace. Maybe you ...

linux-kernel - Bodo Eggert - Sep 29 2007 - 05:15

... linux-os@analogic.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> But an embedded system contains all the software that will ... > >>>> it can never run out of memory because everything it will > >>>> ... is not known beforehand. Take a browser in a mobile > >>> phone as an example, ...

linux-kernel - Daniel Spång - Sep 28 2007 - 16:58

... happens to > > boot from flash. An embedded system requires intelligent design. > > We might ... with SPLICE_F_GIFT?), and the application managed it accordingly, then they could ... be brought under the purview of kernel's memory reclamation. This would mean ...

linux-kernel - Abhishek Sagar - Sep 29 2007 - 15:48

... @analogic.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> But an embedded system contains all the software ... it can never run out of memory because everything it will ... known beforehand. Take a browser in a mobile >>> phone as an ... t do it blindly. The system designer must know how much ...

linux-kernel - linux-os (Dick Johnson) - Sep 28 2007 - 11:16

... is especially evident in swapless embedded systems with > limited memory and no swap ... tree. But this requires > manual tuning of the thresholds. > http://www.linuxjournal.com/ ... designed, it can never run out of memory because everything it will ever ...

linux-kernel - linux-os (Dick Johnson) - Sep 28 2007 - 09:09

... This is especially evident in swapless embedded systems with > > limited memory and no swap ... tree. But this requires > > manual tuning of the thresholds. > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/ ... , > it can never run out of memory because everything it will > ...

linux-kernel - Daniel Spång - Sep 28 2007 - 09:30

... This is especially evident in swapless embedded systems with >>> limited memory and no swap ... tree. But this requires >>> manual tuning of the thresholds. >>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/ ... >> it can never run out of memory because everything it will >> ...

linux-kernel - linux-os (Dick Johnson) - Sep 28 2007 - 10:04

... to put more ram in your embeded system to have it ... ends up useing much less memory then is theoretically allocated). switching ... OOM handler will never kick in, but it means that programs ... adding the same amount of additional memory would also make the ...

linux-kernel - david - Oct 1 2007 - 12:27

... @analogic.com> wrote: > >> > >> But an embedded system contains all the software ... it can never run out of memory because everything it will ... known beforehand. Take a browser in a mobile > > phone as an ... the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More ...

linux-kernel - Daniel Spång - Sep 28 2007 - 10:14

... This is especially evident in swapless embedded systems with limited memory and no swap ... o Turn off overcommit. Results in a waste of memory. o Nokia uses a ... signal on predetermined thresholds. Currently available in the -omap tree. But this requires ...

linux-kernel - Daniel Spång - Sep 28 2007 - 08:55

... Applications with dynamic input and dynamic memory usage have some > issues with the ... is especially evident in swapless embedded systems with > limited memory and no swap ... opposed to a second order effect of a writeout lockup. Regards, Daniel - ...

linux-kernel - Daniel Phillips - Sep 28 2007 - 21:59

... > situation and the copy-on-write memory of real forks mean that the > system ends up useing much less memory then is theoretically allocated). > > switching it to ... that the OOM > handler will never kick in, but it means that programs will be ...

linux-kernel - Robin Getz - Oct 1 2007 - 16:25

... Some kind of notification to the application that the available memory > > > >>> is scarce ... uses SIGDANGER, that kernel can raise in OOM conditions to warn > processes that ... are about to start swapping something out, so userspace can discard cached data ...

linux-kernel - Rik van Riel - Sep 28 2007 - 11:15

... Some kind of notification to the application that the available memory > > > > >>> is scarce ... are about to start swapping something > out, so userspace can discard cached data ... . SIGDANGER could stick useful information in siginfo_t's si_code field and ...

linux-kernel - Nicholas Miell - Sep 28 2007 - 19:00

... as it was originally intended: return NULL, if memory not available, non-NULL only if allocation truly ... To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at ...

linux-kernel - Markku Savela - Oct 1 2007 - 03:58

... 8859-1] Daniel Spång wrote: > >>> Some kind of notification to the application that the available memory > >>> is scarce and let ... resources available. That is exactly what Daniel proposed in his first email. I think his idea makes ...

linux-kernel - Rik van Riel - Sep 28 2007 - 10:17

... 8859-1] Daniel Spång wrote: > > > >>> Some kind of notification to the application that the available memory > > >>> is scarce and let ... . IBM AIX uses SIGDANGER, that kernel can raise in OOM conditions to warn processes that are willing ...

linux-kernel - Eric Dumazet - Sep 28 2007 - 10:36

In article <87odfj5krj.fsf@burp.tkv.asdf.org> you wrote: > Make kernel configuration option? ( ... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http ...

linux-kernel - Bernd Eckenfels - Oct 1 2007 - 04:13