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		GranPC on July 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hastening Linux process cleanup with process_mrele... I used to experience this a long time ago, and I know many people who still do - but on my system (running an Ubuntu 18.04 derived distribution) the OOM killer takes at most 3-4 seconds to step in and kill whichever process is consuming the most memory. Does anyone know if Ubuntu/Debian tunes the OOM killer differently to try and stop this from happening?

disabled on July 27, 2021 [–]

This post sums it up best: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27652599

GranPC on July 27, 2021 | [–]

I don't see how any of that relates to the OOM killer, am I missing something?

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