๐ [$] Fighting the zombie-memcg invasion
๐ก Newskategorie: Linux Tipps
๐ Quelle: lwn.net
Memory control groups (or "memcgs") allow an administrator to manage the memory resources given to the processes running on a system. Often, though, memcgs seem to have memory-use problems of their own, and that has made them into a recurring Linux Storage, Filesystem, and Memory-Management Summit topic since at least 2019. The topic returned at the 2023 event with a focus on the handling of shared, anonymous memory. The quirks associated with this memory type, it seems, can subject systems to an unpleasant sort of zombie invasion; a session in the memory-management track led by T.J. Mercier, Yosry Ahmed, and Chris Li discussed possible solutions. ...