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[Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1592429

Title:
  trusty kernel crash in OOM killer related to cgroups

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  The trusty kernel can crash if the OOM killer kills processes which
  have reached a memory limit imposed by cgroups. More details can be
  found in this blog post:

  https://community.nitrous.io/posts/stability-and-a-linux-oom-killer-
  bug

  The upstream patch series which ultimately landed in 3.14 is available
  at:

  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?id=4d4048be8a93769350efa31d2482a038b7de73d0&qt=range&q=9853a407b97d8d066b5a865173a4859a3e69fd8a...4d4048be8a93769350efa31d2482a038b7de73d0

  One of those four (0c740d0afc3bff0a097ad03a1c8df92757516f5c) is
  already part of the trusty kernel.

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