On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:55 am, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That said, I do not see how the EarlyOOM heuristic, which allows,
depending
on the exact settings, something like 80-90% of swap to be used IN
ADDITION
to 90+% RAM (and will only start doing anything if BOTH RAM and swap
are
full) can prevent thrashing in any reliable way.
Well you're right: on its own, earlyoom is unlikely to save you from
thrashing if you have swap on disk. This is really designed to work
well in combination with zram, and best with Benjamin's resource
protection work as well. So please consider it alongside the other work.
Michael
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