Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:06:53 -0700 | Subject | Re: running of out memory => kernel crash | From | "Randy Dunlap" <> |
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On Mon, August 8, 2011 11:53 pm, Mahmood Naderan wrote: > Hi > I have noticed that when the swap is disabled > > (either via swapoff or not defining any swap partition), > > then running out of memory can cause a kernel panic. > > I wonder why the hungry application won't be killed > > upon a request for a resource that is not available? > In that case, the problematic application will be killed > only but what we see now is that the whole system is > crashed.
Do you have any kernel log panic/oops/Bug messages?
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