From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEA656B016B for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 03:06:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1db776d865939be598cdb80054cf5d93.squirrel@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1312872786.70934.YahooMailNeo@web111712.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1312872786.70934.YahooMailNeo@web111712.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:06:53 -0700 Subject: Re: running of out memory => kernel crash From: "Randy Dunlap" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Mahmood Naderan , linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" 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? [adding linux-mm mailing list] -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org