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Re:There is an oom kill count in Linux by grumbel on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:09AM (#38824126)
You have only about 10sec between the system getting slower and the system locking up completely. If you manage to hit the Magic SysRq key combination to trigger OOM manually, that can save the system, but you have to be quick.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

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