Re: 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free

From: Marc MERLIN
Date: Tue Nov 29 2016 - 10:56:09 EST


On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 08:23:15AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Marc, could you try this patch please? I think it should be pretty clear
> it should help you but running it through your use case would be more
> than welcome before I ask Greg to take this to the 4.8 stable tree.

I ran it overnight and copied 1.4TB with it before it failed because
there wasn't enough disk space on the other side, so I think it fixes
the problem too.

Marc
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