Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269091AbUJKPJz (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:09:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269043AbUJKPG0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:06:26 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:41153 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269038AbUJKPAm (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:00:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [BUG] oom killer not triggering in 2.6.9-rc3 From: Alan Cox To: Chris Friesen Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <41672D4A.4090200@nortelnetworks.com> References: <41672D4A.4090200@nortelnetworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097503078.31290.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:58:00 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 365 Lines: 8 The OOM killer is a heuristic. Switch the machine to strict accounting and it'll kill or block memory access correctly. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/