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The kernel's "graceful handling" of allocation failures includes killing unrelated processes in an attempt to free some memory.
by cesarb 7y ago
The kernel's "graceful handling" of allocation failures includes killing unrelated processes in an attempt to free some memory.
- shereadsthenews 7y agoAlso just deadlocking. The kernel's behavior in the face of real memory pressure is actually quite poor. It's unsafe to run a Linux box out of memory.