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Closing programs (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Most linux systems have two OOM killers, one in the kernel that will execute as a last resort when your system is already frozen up, and one in systemd that should run earlier to prevent your system from freezing up. That one works sometimes, I think it does an okay job actually.