Subj : [$] Custom out-of-memory killers in BPF
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From : LWN.net
Date : Thu May 01 2025 15:00:09

[$] Custom out-of-memory killers in BPF

Date:
Thu, 01 May 2025 13:51:46 +0000

Description:
The out-of-memory (OOM) killer has long been a scary and controversial part
of the Linux kernel.  It is summoned from some dark place when the system
as a whole (or, more recently, any given control group) is running so low
on memory that further allocations are not possible; its job is to kill off
processes until a sufficient amount of memory has been freed.  Roman
Gushchin has found a way to make the OOM killer even scarier: adding the
ability to load
custom OOM killers in BPF .

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1019230/


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