From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263637AbTLDWci (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:32:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263625AbTLDWbt (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:31:49 -0500 Received: from [68.114.43.143] ([68.114.43.143]:39894 "EHLO wally.rdlg.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263637AbTLDWbR (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:31:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:31:16 -0500 From: "Robert L. Harris" To: Linux-Kernel Subject: oomkiller in 2.4.23-bk3 gone bad Message-ID: <20031204223116.GN16568@rdlg.net> Mail-Followup-To: Linux-Kernel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NPWyolIJAVLYbHY6" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --NPWyolIJAVLYbHY6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Don't know about previous 2.4.23 but I'm getting this on a couple servers that have high memory usage: Dec 4 14:34:24 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:35:46 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:37:29 build1 kernel: VM: killing process df-checker.pl Dec 4 14:38:03 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:39:27 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:40:28 build1 kernel: VM: killing process sh Dec 4 14:40:33 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:42:35 build1 kernel: VM: killing process bash Dec 4 14:42:35 build1 kernel: VM: killing process bash Dec 4 14:43:13 build1 kernel: VM: killing process sh Dec 4 14:43:14 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:45:41 build1 kernel: VM: killing process cron Dec 4 14:45:42 build1 kernel: VM: killing process sh Dec 4 14:45:43 build1 kernel: VM: killing process cron Dec 4 14:45:48 build1 kernel: VM: killing process idle-kill Dec 4 14:45:48 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:45:48 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:47:19 build1 kernel: VM: killing process fill Dec 4 14:47:20 build1 kernel: VM: killing process bash Dec 4 14:48:31 build1 kernel: VM: killing process firewall I've also seen it kill off cron and some other server critical root-owned processes. :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. Life is not a destination, it's a journey. Microsoft produces 15 car pileups on the highway. Don't stop traffic to stand and gawk at the tragedy. --NPWyolIJAVLYbHY6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/z7W08+1vMONE2jsRAmoLAJoD5lSrFvNGrMDKxCUx5L2NfWK4AgCcCLpg LY5XIsDqvxj++H03No2nfjE= =GhJI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NPWyolIJAVLYbHY6--