When people gets OOM messages, many of them don't know what is happening or what OOM means. This brief message explains it.
--- stable/mm/oom_kill.c.orig 2005-04-02 17:44:14.000000000 +0200 +++ stable/mm/oom_kill.c 2005-04-02 18:01:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ return; } task_unlock(p); - printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Killed process %d (%s).\n", p->pid, p->comm); + printk(KERN_ERR "The system has run Out Of Memory (RAM + swap), a process will be killed to free some memory\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR "OOM: Killed process %d (%s).\n", p->pid, p->comm); /* * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/