Article 5Z4EZ [$] Better tools for out-of-memory debugging

[$] Better tools for out-of-memory debugging

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Out-of-memory (OOM) situations are dreaded by users, system administrators,and kernel developers alike. Usually, all that is known is that a lot ofmemory is being used somewhere and the system has run out, but the kernel provides little help toanybody trying to figure out where the memory has gone. In a memory-managementsession at the 2022Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-management and BPF Summit (LSFMM),Kent Overstreet asked what could be done to improve OOM reports and reducethe pain for all involved.
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