[TUHS] VM over-commit (and the OOM killers)

Lars Brinkhoff lars at nocrew.org
Fri Feb 28 16:55:57 AEST 2025


Steve Nickolas wrote:
> I've always called the OOM killer the Grim Memory Reaper; is that weird?

No, it's not weird.  Elsewhere in computer history there was also the
"Grim File Reaper" (or often just "GFR"), which took care of moving
rarely used files from disk to tape storage.  I think it's appropriate
to honor this usage.


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