>>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 4:35 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tom Duerbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the "Linux OOM killer"? > > Is it part of the standard Linux install, a product to be installed, or > a product to be bought? > > The problems I had with vdisk abuse, and the paging system, was on > SLES8 on the MP3000. Perhaps later favors have OOM?
The Out of Memory Killer is a feature of the kernel virtual storage management function. It's been around for quite a while, but was improved quite a bit for the 2.6 kernels. The only thing you have to do to activate it is run out of virtual storage (i.e., what Linux thinks of as real storage and swap space), and it will start killing processes semi-randomly. :) Vastly preferable to swamping your z/VM paging subsystem. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
