On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:55 AM Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:28 PM Mark Otaris <mark(a)net-c.com> wrote:
>
> > For now, kernel developers have made it clear they do not care about
> > user space responsiveness. At all. Their concern with kernel
> > oom-killer is strictly with keeping the kernel functioning.
>
> This is false. The stated purpose of the OOM killer is not only to keep the
> kernel alive.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200104090955.GF23195@dread.disast...
Sorry, that's a long email and set of threads. As it relates to the
above, the phrase to search for is: "This is indeed the case."
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Chris Murphy