Fil can dump memory profiling reports on failed allocations; as other commenter said, Linux by default happily just gives you memory even if doesn't have any, s

Fil can dump memory profiling reports on failed allocations; as other commenter said, Linux by default happily just gives you memory even if doesn't have any, so failed allocation implies giant allocation. https://pythonspeed.com/fil/docs/oom.html https://pythonspeed.com/fil/docs/oom.html