On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch makes new device file "/dev/low_mem_notify". > If application polls it, it can receive event when system > memory pressure happens. > > This patch is based on KOSAKI and Marcelo's long time ago work. > http://lwn.net/Articles/268732/ I'm not loving the ABI. Alternative solutions: - SIGDANGER + signalfd() for poll - sys_eventfd() - sys_mem_notify_open() similar to sys_perf_event_open() Pekka -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>