Bug#695182: [RFC] Reproducible OOM with just a few sleeps

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Paul,

paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote:
> Dear Sedat,

>> ... it really makes sense to switch to x86_64
>> (amd64) architecture when you have a modern computer.
>> Switching makes even more sense when you have more than 4GiB RAM.
>
> You seem to say that one should switch to amd64 (if hardware allows),
> even with less than 4GB RAM (where 32-bit non-PAE HIGHMEM4G kernel would
> work fine), and that one should definitely switch with over 4GB RAM.
> There would be no need or use for PAE kernels, which should be dropped.
>
> I think I agree.

Yes, on 64-bit CPUs the 64-bit kernel is pretty much always the better
choice.

Unfortunately some existing systems use 32-bit CPUs.

Hoping that clarifies,
Jonathan