Messages in this thread | | | From | Florian Weimer <> | Subject | Re: Let's talk about the elephant in the room - the Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low memory pressure | Date | Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:00:21 +0200 |
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* Artem S. Tashkinov:
> There's this bug which has been bugging many people for many years > already and which is reproducible in less than a few minutes under the > latest and greatest kernel, 5.2.6. All the kernel parameters are set to > defaults. > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1) Boot with mem=4G > 2) Disable swap to make everything faster (sudo swapoff -a) > 3) Launch a web browser, e.g. Chrome/Chromium or/and Firefox > 4) Start opening tabs in either of them and watch your free RAM decrease
Do you see this with Intel graphics? I think these drivers still use the GEM shrinker, which effectively bypasses most kernel memory management heuristics.
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