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Q&A How does the OOM Killer stop its victim process?

Suppose the machine is short on memory and the OOM Killer has selected a target process to shut down (in order to reclaim memory). How does the OOM killer actually kill the process? Is it done usi...

1 answer  ·  posted 2d ago by Iizuki‭  ·  edited 21h ago by Karl Knechtel‭

#2: Post edited by user avatar Karl Knechtel‭ · 2024-10-31T07:36:53Z (about 21 hours ago)
misc grammar fixes
  • How the OOM Killer stops its victim process?
  • How does the OOM Killer stop its victim process?
  • The machine is short on memory and the [OOM Killer](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/mm/concepts.html#oom-killer) has selected a target process to be shut down (in order to reclaim memory). **How does the OOM killer actually kill the process?** Is it done by one of the standard signals or perhaps it has some special tricks in its sleeve?
  • Suppose the machine is short on memory and the [OOM Killer](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/mm/concepts.html#oom-killer) has selected a target process to shut down (in order to reclaim memory).
  • **How does the OOM killer actually kill the process?** Is it done using one of the standard signals, or does it perhaps have some special tricks up its sleeve?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Iizuki‭ · 2024-10-30T10:10:45Z (2 days ago)
How the OOM Killer stops its victim process?
The machine is short on memory and the [OOM Killer](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/mm/concepts.html#oom-killer) has selected a target process to be shut down (in order to reclaim memory). **How does the OOM killer actually kill the process?** Is it done by one of the standard signals or perhaps it has some special tricks in its sleeve?