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Bug#695182: linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae: Write couple of 1GB files for OOM crash



On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 07:30 +1000, Paul Szabo wrote:
> I no longer use 32-bit kernels (but use the 64-bit amd64 kernel, even on
> my few last remaining 32-bt machines): that seems a suitable workaround
> or upgrade path. Should I try to test whether the issue with PAE
> remains?

I don't think there's much point in investigating issues with 32-bit
and 16GB RAM - they will be "wontfix" upstream.

It's possible that this particular problem has been fixed by an mm
change in 4.2, but at the cost of a regression in disk throughput:
<https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196157>.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every complex problem
there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

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