On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:29:10AM +0200, Andrzej Peszynski wrote:
> oom seems to be useful for tuning servers, for analysis, etc. - but as integral part of systemd, on a production machine - it is like 5yo kid with bazooka.
> System stability and SW safety are in big concern with this thing. No?

oom is a kid with a bazooka whether it is part of systemd or not.

Are there methods for configuring it? Such as indicating ahead of time
which programs are likely candidates for killing?
Can it be activated just before running out of memory so it can
get enough memory for its own processins?

-- hendrik