Answer by alexei for OOM killer doesn't work properly, leads to a frozen OS
EarlyOOM utility is a practical solution to this problem.https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableEarlyoomThis utility will monitor memory usage and kill large consumers before total memory usage...
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The memory.min parameter in the cgroups-v2 memory controller should help.Namely, let me quote:Hard memory protection. If the memory usage of a cgroup is within its effective min boundary, the cgroup’s...
View ArticleAnswer by user306023 for OOM killer doesn't work properly, leads to a frozen OS
I've found two explanations(of the same thing) as to why kswapd0 does constant disk reading happens well before OOM-killer kills the offending process: see the answer and comment of this askubuntu SE...
View ArticleOOM killer doesn't work properly, leads to a frozen OS
For years, the OOM killer of my operating system doesn't work properly and leads to a frozen system.When the memory usage is very high, the whole system tends to "freeze" (in fact: becoming extremely...
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