[qtmoko] what sets up the kernel killing machine?

[Jim Morris]

Jim Morris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I added a swap file to my qtmoko v11 setup, but somethign inthe kernel still tries to kill stuff 
> off, like qdsync (why is that running anyway?) and mediaserver.
> 
> So I suspect that there is a setting somewhere that tells something to look for processes to kill 
> off if memory gets short, but I cannot find it anywhere.
> 
> With swap enabled I should be bale to disable that feature.
> 
> While I'm at it I'd also like to stop qdsync from running, so any ideas are welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> Jim
> 

I think the answer maybe...

 > echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory


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