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Description of problem: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/5/121 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.18-245.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/5/111 Actual results: System memory was exhausted but no OOM was triggered. Expected results: Triggered OOM.
(In reply to comment #0) Correction. > Actual results: > System memory was exhausted but no OOM was triggered. System was hung and deadlock. > Expected results: > Triggered OOM. No deadlock or hung.
Now, there is a new patchset. http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=130249983913965&w=2
oom code significant divergence from upstream.