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Re:There is an oom kill count in Linux by psyclobe on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:26AM (#38824256)
I’ve noticed this too, make -j and boom hard lock only option is to reboot. Really annoying l! Windows kinda deals with it but it has other issues; I have also noticed this behavior on MacOS.
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Re:There is an oom kill count in Linux by samus on Sunday December 31, 2023 @12:31PM (#38825742)
It should be possible to avoid it by using ulimit to set memory and subprocess limits.
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