OOM killer is killing process very frequently

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Issue

  • OOM killer is killing process very frequently
Aug 29 07:33:07 server001 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 9583 (scanner).
Aug 29 07:33:07 server001 kernel: syslogd invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x200d2, order=0, oomkilladj=0

Aug 29 06:20:18 server001 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4622 (python).
Aug 29 06:20:18 server001 kernel: cma invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x200d2, order=0, oomkilladj=0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5

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