linux-kernel - Re: OOM-Killer kills too much with 2.6.32.2

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:48:08 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Roman Jarosz" <kedgedev@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OOM-Killer kills too much with 2.6.32.2

> Hi,
> 
> since kernel 2.6.32.2 (also tried 2.6.32.3) I get a lot of oom-killer  
> kills when I do hard disk intensive tasks (mainly in VirtualBox which is  
> running Windows XP) and IMHO it kills processes even if I have a lot of  
> free memory.
> 
> Is this a known bug? I have self compiled kernel so I can try patches.

Can you please post your .config?



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