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A comment on The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low memory pressure. Parent comment
Where did this myth come from? Did y'all just assume that the vm.overcommit sysctl actually makes sense and zero means "no overcommit"? :)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20623919
But indeed, OOM killer kills the largest process, which makes more sense in most scenarios than Linux's "badness" scoring.
Where did this myth come from? Did y'all just assume that the vm.overcommit sysctl actually makes sense and zero means "no overcommit"? :)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20623919
But indeed, OOM killer kills the largest process, which makes more sense in most scenarios than Linux's "badness" scoring.