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Re: [Bug 1594 (linux mm)] Changed - mm bug
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, XosÉ Vázquez wrote:
> bugzilla-daemon@distro.conectiva.com.br wrote:
> >
> > http://distro.conectiva.com.br/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1594
> >
> > --- shadow/1594 Thu Feb 22 11:47:15 2001
> > +++ shadow/1594.tmp.3897 Thu Feb 22 23:04:05 2001
> > @@ -109,3 +109,11 @@
> > if you run petalo_t more than one time the system hang.
> >
> > thanks
> > \ No newline at end of file
> > +
> > +------- Additional Comments From riel@conectiva.com.br 2001-02-22 23:04 -------
> > +I'm wondering if this is a case of the OOM killer not being triggered (and
> > +killing the threads as it should in this case)
> > +
> > +Could you please test if the Linux system actually runs out of memory AND swap
> > +or if it just runs out of memory and for some reason never gets around to
> > +swapping ?
> > \ No newline at end of file
>
> The system has 48M_RAM and 32M_SWAP.
> But it is only when I run petal_t more than one time.
> The next(second) time the system hang.
>
> How can i to know if the system run out of memory and
> don't make swapping the second time ?
Press <alt>-<sysrq>-M when the system is hanging to see
if it has any free memory and/or swap left. If it doesn't,
or if the amount is very low, it is likely that the OOM
killer doesn't trigger and your programs never get killed
(and the system will remain hung).
regards,
Rik
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