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diff --git a/system/earlyoom/README b/system/earlyoom/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fa2893b2b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/earlyoom/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +earlyoom checks the amount of available memory and free swap up to 10 +times a second (less often if there is a lot of free memory). By +default if both are below 10%, it will kill the largest process +(highest oom_score). The percentage value is configurable via command +line arguments. + +To enable it, put this line in your rc.local after running chmod +x on +/etc/rc.d/rc.earlyoom: + +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.earlyoom ]; +then + /etc/rc.d/rc.earlyoom start +fi + +and to have it turnoff at shutdown, simply put this in your +rc.local_shutdown: + +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.earlyoom ]; +then + /etc/rc.d/rc.earlyoom stop +fi + +A log file for it is kept at /var/log/earlyoom.log +And earlyoom can be configured by modifying /etc/default/earlyoom |