On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 21:03 +0100, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > More strangeness.. > > If I keep the kernel module loaded, but disable the entry > in /etc/network/interfaces for eth0, the oom_adj problem disappears. > But then ofc, I'm left with no network interface. I then tried > binding /etc/ssh/sshd_config to only listen on 127.0.0.1.. effectively > bypassing the eth0 interface, whilst still allowing it to be loaded. > But the problem still happens. [...]
My guess is that sshd tries to protect itself against the OOM-killer so that you can still log in to a system that has gone OOM. If there is no network available, it doesn't do this because you cannot log in remotely anyway. The bug seems to be that sshd does not reset the OOM adjustment before running the login shell (or other program). Therefore, please report a bug against openssh-server. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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