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From: Anthony DiSante <theant@nodivisions.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: oom-killings, but I'm not out of memory!
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:24:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42C179D5.3040603@nodivisions.com> (raw)

Hello,

I'm running a 2.6.11 kernel.  I have 1 gig of RAM and 1 gig of swap.  Lately 
when my RAM gets full, the oom-killer takes out either Mozilla or 
Thunderbird (my two biggest memory hogs), even though my swap space is only 
20% full.  I still have ~800 MB of free swap space, so shouldn't the kernel 
push Moz or T-bird into swap instead of oom-killing it?  At their maximum 
memory-hogging capacity, neither Moz nor T-bird is ever using more than 200 MB.

Thanks,
Anthony DiSante
http://nodivisions.com/


Jun 28 12:09:09 soma oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x80d2
...
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Free swap  = 781012kB
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Total swap = 987988kB
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 30787 (thunderbird-bin).
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 18112 (thunderbird-bin).
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 18116 (thunderbird-bin).
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 18117 (thunderbird-bin).
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 18119 (thunderbird-bin).
Jun 28 12:09:09 soma Out of Memory: Killed process 8857 (thunderbird-bin).


             reply	other threads:[~2005-06-28 16:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-28 16:24 Anthony DiSante [this message]
2005-06-28 16:44 ` oom-killings, but I'm not out of memory! Alexander Nyberg
2005-06-28 16:52   ` Anthony DiSante
2005-06-29 12:57     ` Alexander Nyberg
2005-07-03 20:53       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-07-04  2:44         ` Roy Keene
2005-07-03 22:45           ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-07-04  3:52             ` Roy Keene

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