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Re: oom_killer - Does not perform when stress-tested (system hangs)
- To: linux-mm@kvack.org
- Subject: Re: oom_killer - Does not perform when stress-tested (system hangs)
- From: "Srikrishnan Sundararajan" <srikrishnan@in.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:32:56 +0530
- Fake-Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org
- Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mm-archive@humbolt.geo.uu.nl
- Sender: Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
I used kernel 2.4.19. This has a few changes in oom_kill.c . It works well
on my intel PC.
ie. Even when I run 500 instances of my memory grabbing program, the
oom_killer is able to kill these errant processes and makes the machine
usable. (No hangs) Hats off to oom_kill!
Thanks,
Srikrishnan
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