linux-kernel - Re: Small System Paging Problem

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Message-ID: <474AB4A3.8050802@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:27:23 +1030
From:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
To:	Josh Goldsmith <joshin@...mail.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Small System Paging Problem - OOM-killer goes nuts

Josh Goldsmith wrote:
> The problem comes when I try to untar a large file (in this case 
> linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2).  Regardless if I kill off every other process, 
> eventually the oom-killer will appear and kill either the tar or the 
> shell.

What's the actual command you are executing?
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