* James Stevens <James.Stevens@xxxxxxxxxx> [2010-05-14 09:10:19]: > > echo "-16"> /proc/<pid>/oom_adj > > Thanks for that - yes, I know about "oom_adj", but it doesn't > (totally) work. "udevd" has a default of "-17" and it got killed > anyway. > > Also, the only thing this server runs is VMs so if they can't be > killed oom-killer will just run through the everything else > (syslogd, sshd, klogd, udevd, hald, agetty etc) - so on balance its > a case of which is worse? Without those daemons the system can > become inaccessible and could become unstable, so on balance it may > be better to let it kill the VMs. > > My current work-around is :- > > sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches > Have you looked at memory cgroups and using that with limits with VMs? -- Three Cheers, Balbir -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
