Le 18/07/2024 à 21:09, Martin Steigerwald a écrit :
> I do not really like the OOM killer in Linux.
>
> Systemd people have their systemd-oom meanwhile, another project they
> assimilated. It more proactively gets rid of processes using Pressure
> Stall Information I think.
>
> I am still of the opinion that a reliable operating system has no right to
> terminate a process due to resource constraints without*my* permission.

    Oom killer is a desperate action: the system is in a critical
situation and something must be done immediately; otherwise you couldn't
even log in to do something yourself. I think the only alternative
solution is to reboot.

    If you have a better solution, as the admin, nobody prevents you to
set it up so that the kernel doesn't find itself in this critical
situation. If there was a general solution to lack of memory and/or
excess of processes, I bet we would know it.

--     Didier