From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail172.messagelabs.com (mail172.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.3]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E357B600044 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:40:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qwk4 with SMTP id 4so752869qwk.14 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:40:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: dave b Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:39:48 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PROBLEM: oom killer and swap weirdness on 2.6.3* kernels Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: David Rientjes Cc: Hugh Dickins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, KOSAKI Motohiro List-ID: On 27 July 2010 08:12, David Rientjes wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, dave b wrote: > >> Actually it turns out on 2.6.34.1 I can trigger this issue. What it >> really is, is that linux doesn't invoke the oom killer when it should >> and kill something off. This is *really* annoying. >> > > I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to, it's been two months and > you're using a new kernel and now you're saying that the oom killer isn't > being utilized when the original problem statement was that it was killing > things inappropriately? Sorry about the timespan :( Well actually it is the same issue. Originally the oom killer wasn't being invoked and now the problem is still it isn't invoked - it doesn't come and kill things - my desktop just sits :) I have since replaced the hard disk - which I thought could be the issue. I am thinking that because I have shared graphics not using KMS - with intel graphics - this may be the root of the cause. -- All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. -- Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice" -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org