TL;DR: Why is Firefox getting OOM-killed while I have 24GB free swap?

Dear list,

A few days ago I upgraded the kernel on my desktop PC from 4.5.5 to
4.7.2 and, since then, I've witnessed a huge number of cases where
various processes (typically Firefox) got OOM-killed by the kernel.
Before this kernel upgrade, I had never seen a single OOM event in
normal use; now I've had dozens in couple of days.  Nothing has
changed in my config apart from the kernel.  Clearly, something has
changed for the worse!

In fact, this morning, the problem was so bad that I was simply unable
to start Firefox (any attempt to do so would result in it getting
killed immediately), even though I had about 24GB of free swap
available (and the system was idle).  I had to kill a few unrelated
processes to be able to launch Firefox; and even then, at some point,
running "sync" in a different window caused the Firefox to be
OOM-killed.

(Note: the problem IS NOT the choice of the process being killed:
Firefox is a reasonable target.  The problem is that the OOM-killer is
being invoked at all, whereas there is plenty of free swap, and,
before this kernel upgrade, all seemed to work perfectly.)

Unfortunately, all of this is very unreproducible: now it seems to
have disappeared completely, so I can't really test anything any more.
All I can offer is some sample output (below) from the kernel's logs.
Any suggestions as to what I should do if and when the problem returns
is welcome, either to debug or to work around these OOMs.

The computer in question is an x86_64 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600) box
with 8GB RAM and 24GB swap (4*6GB swap across four different disks): I
can of course offer any additional details as to its hardware, kernel
or userland config.

Sample log output from OOM-killer:

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Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357412] firefox invoked oom-killer: 
gfp_mask=0x27000c0(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_NOTRACK), order=2, oom_score_adj=0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357421] CPU: 2 PID: 11342 Comm: firefox 
Not tainted 4.7.2-vega #1
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357424] Hardware name: System manufacturer 
System Product Name/P5W64 WS Pro, BIOS 0903    07/31/2007
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357427]  0000000000000000 ffff880068897bc8 
ffffffff812e4a7f 0000000000000000
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357433]  0000000000000000 ffff880068897c28 
ffffffff8117cd40 ffffffff818a9840
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357438]  00000002810e98a5 ffff88023fd196a8 
0000000000000002 0000000000000206
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357442] Call Trace:
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357451]  [<ffffffff812e4a7f>] 
dump_stack+0x4d/0x6e
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357456]  [<ffffffff8117cd40>] 
dump_header.isra.16+0x51/0x191
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357462]  [<ffffffff8112e42b>] 
oom_kill_process+0x33b/0x430
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357465]  [<ffffffff8112e7c8>] 
out_of_memory+0x258/0x2a0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357470]  [<ffffffff811326d9>] 
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0xaf9/0xc90
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357474]  [<ffffffff81132b66>] 
alloc_kmem_pages_node+0x16/0x20
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357479]  [<ffffffff81050c2e>] 
copy_process.part.42+0xfe/0x17a0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357483]  [<ffffffff81138e70>] ? 
lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable+0x30/0xa0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357487]  [<ffffffff81158b7a>] ? 
handle_mm_fault+0x172a/0x1910
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357491]  [<ffffffff8105249c>] 
_do_fork+0xdc/0x350
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357496]  [<ffffffff81045b1d>] ? 
__do_page_fault+0x19d/0x4a0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357499]  [<ffffffff81052794>] 
SyS_clone+0x14/0x20
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357503]  [<ffffffff810018eb>] 
do_syscall_64+0x4b/0xa0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357507]  [<ffffffff8158713c>] 
entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357510] Mem-Info:
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516] active_anon:44076 
inactive_anon:99299 isolated_anon:0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516]  active_file:392644 
inactive_file:215736 isolated_file:0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516]  unevictable:560 dirty:85 
writeback:0 unstable:0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516]  slab_reclaimable:1033111 
slab_unreclaimable:31255
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516]  mapped:34613 shmem:10947 
pagetables:4477 bounce:0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357516]  free:77874 free_pcp:0 free_cma:0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357529] DMA free:15028kB min:260kB 
low:324kB high:388kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB 
inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB 
present:15992kB managed:15904kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:0kB 
shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB 
pagetables:0kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB 
writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357531] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2960 7954 7954
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357544] DMA32 free:187232kB min:50208kB 
low:62760kB high:75312kB active_anon:50528kB inactive_anon:94780kB 
active_file:512192kB inactive_file:389260kB unevictable:200kB 
isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:3128576kB managed:3053692kB 
mlocked:200kB dirty:56kB writeback:0kB mapped:38884kB shmem:14412kB 
slab_reclaimable:1574416kB slab_unreclaimable:42448kB kernel_stack:3264kB 
pagetables:6064kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB 
free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357547] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 4993 4993
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357558] Normal free:109236kB min:84696kB 
low:105868kB high:127040kB active_anon:125776kB inactive_anon:302416kB 
active_file:1058384kB inactive_file:473684kB unevictable:2040kB 
isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:5242880kB managed:5113700kB 
mlocked:2040kB dirty:284kB writeback:0kB mapped:99568kB shmem:29376kB 
slab_reclaimable:2558028kB slab_unreclaimable:82572kB kernel_stack:4960kB 
pagetables:11844kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB 
free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:112 all_unreclaimable? no
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357561] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357565] DMA: 1*4kB (U) 0*8kB 1*16kB (U) 
1*32kB (U) 0*64kB 1*128kB (U) 0*256kB 1*512kB (U) 0*1024kB 1*2048kB (U) 
3*4096kB (M) = 15028kB
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357585] DMA32: 43670*4kB (UME) 1596*8kB 
(UME) 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 
187448kB
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357598] Normal: 27427*4kB (UME) 0*8kB 
0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 
109708kB
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357611] 620279 total pagecache pages
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357614] 521 pages in swap cache
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357617] Swap cache stats: add 8912, delete 
8391, find 92286/92596
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357619] Free swap  = 24386280kB
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357621] Total swap = 24418784kB
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357623] 2096862 pages RAM
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357625] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357626] 51038 pages reserved
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357628] [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      
rss nr_ptes nr_pmds swapents oom_score_adj name
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357634] [ 2577]     0  2577    10235      
524      22       3      265         -1000 udevd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357641] [15334]     0 15334     5956      
478      16       3       46             0 sulogin
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357644] [16567]     0 16567     6055       
 1      15       3       51             0 uuidd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357648] [16586]     0 16586     5891      
590      16       3       16             0 cgmanager
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357652] [16588]     0 16588   102634      
446      33       3       95             0 rsyslogd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357656] [16653]   125 16653   102927     
8159      63       3     1973             0 named
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357659] [16732]     0 16732     4756       
 3      12       3       39             0 atd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357663] [16795]     0 16795     1848      
277       8       3       13             0 gpm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357667] [16813]   127 16813    23186      
434      46       3     1208             0 timidity
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357670] [16818]     0 16818    10637      
433      25       3       66             0 xdm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357674] [16850]     0 16850    59539    
13195     112       3      757             0 Xorg
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357677] [16852]   106 16852    10634      
688      23       3       39             0 dbus-daemon
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357681] [16878]   108 16878     1057      
152       7       3       15             0 uml_switch
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357685] [16960]     0 16960    23539     
1068      51       3      129             0 xdm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357688] [16969]     0 16969    23284      
632      48       3      260             0 apache2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357692] [16971]    33 16971    23218      
453      47       3      307             0 apache2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357696] [16973]    33 16973    23231      
415      47       3      270             0 apache2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357699] [16974]    33 16974   343482     
1163      93       4      265             0 apache2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357703] [16976]    33 16976   261558     
1432      88       4      263             0 apache2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357707] [17106]     0 17106     6417      
434      16       4       78             0 bluetoothd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357711] [17131] 65534 17131     3159      
389      10       3       34             0 gidentd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357714] [17138]     0 17138     3566      
667      10       3       62             0 mdadm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357718] [17260]     0 17260     4819      
400      13       3       29             0 irqbalance
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357722] [17299]     0 17299     6476      
545      17       3       46             0 cron
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357725] [17348]   113 17348     8091      
490      20       3       31             0 avahi-daemon
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357729] [17349]   113 17349     8025       
15      19       3       48             0 avahi-daemon
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357733] [17552]     0 17552    13796      
636      29       3      139         -1000 sshd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357736] [17672]     0 17672     5054      
493      13       3       27             0 xinetd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357740] [17710]     0 17710     6187      
501      17       3      162             0 smartd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357743] [17747]   140 17747    30233     
2684      47       4      239          -900 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357747] [17838]   140 17838    30233     
2025      56       4      228             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357751] [17839]   140 17839    30233     
1006      46       4      234             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357755] [17840]   140 17840    30233     
1201      42       4      253             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357758] [17841]   140 17841    30340     
1365      44       4      262             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357763] [17842]   140 17842    20108      
810      39       4      235             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357766] [18013]     0 18013     9042      
635      21       3      116             0 master
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357770] [18037]   103 18037     9599      
671      22       3      116             0 qmgr
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357773] [18053]   141 18053     8861      
838      19       3       43             0 ntpd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357777] [18139]     0 18139     1076      
562       7       3        0         -1000 watchdog
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357781] [18198]     0 18198     4212      
468      12       3        1             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357784] [18199]     0 18199     4212      
488      12       3        1             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357788] [18200]     0 18200     4212      
486      11       3        2             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357791] [18201]     0 18201     4212      
448      12       3        2             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357795] [20639]     0 20639     4212      
445      12       3        0             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357798] [20641]     0 20641     4212      
449      12       3        0             0 getty
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357802] [20658]   500 20658     3918      
440      12       3        0             0 sh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357805] [20701]   500 20701     2675       
84       8       3        0             0 ssh-agent
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357809] [20706]   500 20706     6126      
424      16       3        0             0 dbus-launch
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357812] [20707]   500 20707    10589      
541      23       3        0             0 dbus-daemon
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357816] [20720]   500 20720    16894     
1144      39       3        0             0 xscreensaver
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357819] [20722]   500 20722    10128      
942      25       3        0             0 xsm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357823] [20723]   500 20723     2675      
488      10       3        0             0 ssh-agent
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357827] [20725]   500 20725    17555     
1264      37       3        0             0 xclock
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357830] [20726]   500 20726    21062     
2324      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357834] [20727]   500 20727   128194     
4945     117       3        0             0 gnome-panel
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357837] [20728]   500 20728    34770     
2968      66       3        0             0 fvwm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357841] [20737]   500 20737    84439     
1325      33       3        0             0 at-spi-bus-laun
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357844] [20741]   500 20741    10531      
568      24       3        0             0 dbus-daemon
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357848] [20744]   500 20744    31306      
977      31       3        0             0 at-spi2-registr
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357852] [20749]   500 20749    12876     
1065      28       3        0             0 gconfd-2
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357855] [20752]   500 20752    53206      
924      36       3        0             0 gvfsd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357859] [20756]   500 20756    44612      
730      23       3        0             0 dconf-service
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357862] [20761]   500 20761     5269      
330      13       3        0             0 FvwmCommandS
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357866] [20762]   500 20762    30629     
1306      59       3        0             0 FvwmPager
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357870] [20763]   500 20763    32987     
1691      66       3        0             0 FvwmTaskBar
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357873] [20765]   500 20765     9965      
785      22       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357877] [20782]   500 20782    55428      
882      40       4        0             0 gvfs-udisks2-vo
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357880] [20836]   500 20836    54679     
1514      39       4        0             0 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357884] [20841]   500 20841    52973      
980      37       4        0             0 gvfs-mtp-volume
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357888] [20845]   500 20845    51382      
846      34       3        0             0 gvfs-goa-volume
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357892] [20849]   500 20849    75773      
935      45       4        0             0 gvfs-afc-volume
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357895] [20854]   500 20854    77000     
1070      51       3        0             0 mission-control
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357899] [20876]   500 20876    33408      
870      33       3        0             0 gvfsd-metadata
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357903] [20892]   500 20892    21063     
2305      43       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357906] [20894]   500 20894    10494      
892      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357910] [21586]   500 21586    21063     
2333      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357913] [21588]   500 21588    10626      
924      25       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357917] [21603]   500 21603   134536    
14593     158       3        0             0 emacs
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357920] [22199]   500 22199    11346      
430      24       3        0             0 aspell
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357924] [25744]   500 25744    91726     
1023      43       4        0             0 gvfsd-trash
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357927] [29740]     0 29740     6411      
527      17       3        0             0 vsftpd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357931] [  588]   500   588    21063     
2304      44       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357935] [  590]   500   590    10097      
971      23       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357938] [  606]   500   606    21063     
2341      43       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357942] [  610]   500   610    10097      
921      22       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357945] [  626]   500   626    21063     
2312      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357948] [  628]   500   628    10097      
902      22       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357952] [  643]   500   643    21063     
2323      45       4        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357955] [  645]   500   645    10097      
936      23       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357959] [  677]   500   677    21063     
2313      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357962] [  679]   500   679    10097      
912      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357966] [ 1439]   500  1439    21954     
3203      47       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357969] [ 1441]   500  1441    10626      
933      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357973] [ 1456]   500  1456    21063     
2331      44       4        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357976] [ 1458]   500  1458     9965      
784      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357980] [ 1501]   500  1501    21063     
2322      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357983] [ 1503]   500  1503     9965      
814      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357987] [ 1519]   500  1519    21063     
2323      44       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357990] [ 1521]   500  1521     9965      
800      23       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357994] [ 1539]   500  1539    21063     
2339      43       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.357997] [ 1541]   500  1541    10626      
943      25       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358001] [ 1563]   500  1563    82916     
2930      91       3        0             0 audacious
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358029] [ 1569]   500  1569    21063     
2332      42       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358033] [ 1571]   500  1571    10626      
946      24       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358036] [ 1589]   500  1589     7970      
661      20       3        0             0 alsamixer
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358040] [ 2436]   500  2436    21063     
2331      45       3        0             0 xterm
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358043] [ 2438]   500  2438    10494      
792      25       3        0             0 zsh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358047] [ 2880]   143  2880   561268    
25824     155       6        0             0 java
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358050] [ 2927]   140  2927    30488     
2984      52       4      192             0 postgres
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358054] [ 3035]   500  3035     2626       
42       9       3        0             0 idn
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358058] [ 8964]   500  8964   106938     
7001     107       4        0             0 gweather-applet
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358061] [ 9286]     0  9286    39732     
1787      46       3        0             0 cupsd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358065] [10663]   500 10663     2060      
168       9       3        0             0 sleep
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358069] [11095]   103 11095     9558      
971      22       3        0             0 pickup
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358072] [11294]   500 11294    12138     
1305      26       3        0             0 ssh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358076] [11295]   500 11295    12138     
1320      28       3        0             0 ssh
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358079] [11339]   109 11339     5258      
517      15       3        0             0 in.telnetd
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358083] [11340]     0 11340    18520      
728      40       3        0             0 login
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358086] [11342]   500 11342   207359    
58119     291       4        0             0 firefox
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358089] Out of memory: Kill process 11342 
(firefox) score 7 or sacrifice child
Aug 25 11:46:12 vega kernel: [115461.358161] Killed process 11342 (firefox) 
total-vm:829436kB, anon-rss:142748kB, file-rss:83152kB, shmem-rss:6576kB
### cut before ###

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     David A. Madore
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