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oomkill(8) | System Manager's Manual | oomkill(8) |
NAME¶
oomkill - Trace oom_kill_process(). Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.SYNOPSIS¶
oomkillDESCRIPTION¶
This traces the kernel out-of-memory killer, and prints basic details, including the system load averages at the time of the OOM kill. This can provide more context on the system state at the time: was it getting busier or steady, based on the load averages? This tool may also be useful to customize for investigations; for example, by adding other task_struct details at the time of OOM.This program is also a basic example of eBPF/bcc.
Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.
REQUIREMENTS¶
CONFIG_BPF and bcc.EXAMPLES¶
- Trace OOM kill events:
- # oomkill
FIELDS¶
- Triggered by ...
- The process ID and process name of the task that was running when another task was OOM killed.
- OOM kill of ...
- The process ID and name of the target process that was OOM killed.
- loadavg
- Contents of /proc/loadavg. The first three numbers are 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages (where the average is an exponentially damped moving sum, and those numbers are constants in the equation); then there is the number of running tasks, a slash, and the total number of tasks; and then the last number is the last PID to be created.
OVERHEAD¶
Negligible.SOURCE¶
This is from bcc.Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.
OS¶
LinuxSTABILITY¶
Unstable - in development.AUTHOR¶
Brendan GreggSEE ALSO¶
memleak(8)2016-02-09 | USER COMMANDS |