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KS2009: How Google uses LinuxKS2009: How Google uses LinuxPosted Oct 24, 2009 1:26 UTC (Sat) by Tomasu (subscriber, #39889)In reply to: KS2009: How Google uses Linux by dvhart Parent article: KS2009: How Google uses Linux
2) probably because they actually want some over-commit, but they don't want the OOM thread to go wild killing everything, and definitely not the WRONG thing.
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KS2009: How Google uses Linux Posted Oct 25, 2009 19:24 UTC (Sun) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]
In the Maemo (at least Diablo release) kernel source there are
configurable limits for when kernel starts to deny allocations and when to OOM-kill (besides notifying user-space about crossing of these and some earlier limits). If process is set as "OOM-protected", its allocations will also always succeed. If "OOM-protected" processes waste all memory in the system, then they can also get killed.
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