On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > Something is seriously wrong with that OOM killer.
>
> do you know you don't have to operate in OOM-slaughter mode?
>
> "vm.overcommit_memory = 2" in your /etc/sysctl.conf puts you into a mode where
> the kernel tracks your "committed" memory needs, and will eventually cause
> some allocations to fail.
> this is often much nicer than the default random OOM slaughter.
> (you probably also need to adjust vm.overcommit_ratio with some knowlege of
> your MemTotal and SwapTotal.)
>
> regards, mark hahn.
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# sysctl -a | grep vm.over
vm.overcommit_ratio = 50
vm.overcommit_memory = 0
I'll have to experiment with these options, thanks for the info!
Justin.
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