[tor-bugs] #22255 [Core Tor/Tor]: Frequent OOM kills of tor process

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#22255: Frequent OOM kills of tor process
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 Reporter:  DeS           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High          |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:22 arma]:
 > Replying to [ticket:22255 DeS]:
 > > May 14 11:02:47 tor1 kernel: [125982.993478] Killed process 33180
 (tor) !total-vm:444012kB, !anon-rss:0kB, !file-rss:0kB
 >
 > This part has been bothering me. Am I reading that right, that the tor
 process it kills is using 444 megabytes of memory? That is way less than 4
 gigs.

 DeS, have you explored this one? A fast Tor relay will use way more than
 444 megabytes of memory, so of course it will be dying if that's all it
 can have. What else is happening on the system such that it can't get any
 more memory?

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