On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > BTW, why "the memcg is livelocked and then no memory limits on the system have > a chance of getting increased" > I was referring specifically to the memcg which a job scheduler or userspace daemon responsible for doing so is attached. If the thread responsible for managing memcgs and increasing limits or killing off lower priority jobs is in a memcg that is oom, there is a chance it will never be able to respond to the condition. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>