On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:19:40 +0100 Peter Suetterlin <pit@astro.su.se> wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Telcontar:~/Documents/lists/swapoff_test # time swapoff -a swapoff: /dev/sde1: swapoff failed: Cannot allocate memory
real 0m0.010s user 0m0.001s sys 0m0.003s
Interesting, so it seems that OOM killer doesn't get triggered in such a case. Would that be expected, or a bug?
I'd hope it would be expected. The swapoff fails, you get told and can shut down whichever processes you choose to free up enough memory. Or you can change your mind about shutting down swap. Versus, the OOM killer is invoked, randomly kills off a selection of your processes, and the swapoff succeeds. I know which I would prefer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org