On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 07:27:14AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > +CC so this doesn't get lost > > On 21.12.2015 13:35, Marcin Szewczyk wrote: > > In 2010 I noticed that viewing many GIFs in a row using gpicview renders > > my Linux unresponsive. There is very little I can do in such a > > situation. Rarely after some minutes the OOM killer kicks in and saves > > the day. Nevertheless, usually I end up using Alt+SysRq+B. Hi, I thought that due to high throughput of the linux-kernel mailing list my email will not get a reply if it didn't happen in a day so I allowed myself to write another email to linux-mm as well as it was suggested to me on #debian-kernel. The email is here: Subject: Exhausting memory makes the system unresponsive but doesn't invoke OOM killer Message-ID: <20151223143109.GC3519@orkisz> http://marc.info/?t=145088116000002&r=1&w=2 I have also updated the description in the repository: https://github.com/wodny/crasher Contrary to my original suspicion the OOM killer doesn't need much time to clean up, it just isn't invoked. Johannes Weiner explained the probable cause to me in a response in the linux-mm thread. -- Marcin Szewczyk http://wodny.org mailto:Marcin.Szewczyk@xxxxxxxxxx <- remove b / usuń b xmpp:wodny@xxxxxxxxx xmpp:wodny@xxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>