--- 2.2.14-oom/include/linux/sched.h.~1~	Tue Jan  4 19:12:25 2000
+++ 2.2.14-oom/include/linux/sched.h	Fri Jan 28 18:51:18 2000
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@
 /* Thread group tracking */
    	u32 parent_exec_id;
    	u32 self_exec_id;
+
+/* oom handling */
+	int oom_kill_try;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -395,6 +398,7 @@
 /* mm */	&init_mm, \
 /* signals */	SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, &init_signals, {{0}}, {{0}}, NULL, &init_task.sigqueue, 0, 0, \
 /* exec cts */	0,0, \
+/* oom */	0, \
 }
 
 union task_union {
--- 2.2.14-oom/arch/i386/mm/fault.c.~1~	Tue Jan  4 19:12:11 2000
+++ 2.2.14-oom/arch/i386/mm/fault.c	Sat Jan 29 16:23:08 2000
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@
 	up(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (error_code & 4)
 	{
-		if (!((regs->eflags >> 12) & 3))
+		if (tsk->oom_kill_try++ > 10 ||
+		    !((regs->eflags >> 12) & 3))
 		{
 			printk("VM: killing process %s\n", tsk->comm);
 			do_exit(SIGKILL);
@@ -304,6 +305,11 @@
 			 */
 			printk("VM: terminating process %s\n", tsk->comm);
 			force_sig(SIGTERM, current);
+			if (tsk->oom_kill_try > 1)
+			{
+				tsk->policy |= SCHED_YIELD;
+				schedule();
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 	}