Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:00:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:00:10 -0400 Received: from zero.tech9.net ([209.61.188.187]:64004 "EHLO zero.tech9.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:00:05 -0400 Subject: OOM: A Success Report From: Robert Love To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: riel@conectiva.com.br Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10.99 (Preview Release) Date: 07 Jul 2001 18:00:08 -0400 Message-Id: <994543220.1749.0.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i thought it would be nice to finally hear something good about the OOM killer. i am testing Evolution (Ximian's GNOME emailer/groupware app), and the latest Evolution cvs-snapshot went crazy when trying to copy a mail folder. my load averaged spiked, swap filled, and then i ran out of memory. *poof*, Evolution was killed, and everything returned to normal. kernel showed: Out of Memory: Killed process 1296 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1296 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1296 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1302 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1303 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1306 (evolution-mail). Out of Memory: Killed process 1307 (evolution-mail). now, i dont know if the load average spiking was evolution's fault, or not...but everything seemed to work. Good job. -- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net - 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/