SIMPLE_LMK: A Low Memory Killer For Android Systems Being Worked On For Linux Kernel

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SIMPLE_LMK: A Low Memory Killer For Android Systems Being Worked On For Linux Kernel

10 March 2019, 06:00 PM

Phoronix: SIMPLE_LMK: A Low Memory Killer For Android Systems Being Worked On For Linux Kernel

SIMPLE_LMK is a simple low-memory killer being worked on for potential upstreaming in the mainline Linux kernel in the future but for now is simply seeking comments on its design approach...

SIMPLE_LMK: A Low Memory Killer For Android Systems Being Worked On For Linux Kernel - Phoronix

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10 March 2019, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by phoronix View Post

This implementation is tied into the kernel's page allocator code and begins acting as soon as a page allocation hits out-of-memory and for knowing when a page is freed.

Shouldn't it strike before this happens instead? In this machine, the desktop freezes before allocation fails.
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