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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...
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Karl Knechtel
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2024-10-31T07:36:53Z (21 days ago)
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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?
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Iizuki
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2024-10-30T10:10:45Z (22 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?