Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> writes: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableEarlyoom > > == Summary == > Install earlyoom package, and enable it by default. This will cause > the kernel oomkiller to trigger sooner, but will not affect which > process it chooses to kill off. The idea is to recover from out of > memory situations sooner, rather than the typical complete system hang > in which the user has no other choice but to force power off. > > # enable earlyoom by default on workstation > enable earlyoom.service > </pre>
The OOM killer is a kernel function. I have no opinion on this proposal as it stands, but I would like it to include an explanation of why this requires a service in userspace to fix. Thanks, --Robbie
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