Pods writing files larger than memory limit to PVCs tend to OOM frequently running on MicroShift

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Pods writing files larger than memory limit to PVCs tend to OOM frequently.

# oc get pods
NAME                       READY   STATUS      RESTARTS      AGE
sandbox-747f956d7f-w69sq   0/1     OOMKilled   1 (30s ago)   81s

Environment

  • Red Hat build of MicroShift:

    • 4.16
  • Red Hat Device Edge:

    • 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

    • 9.4
  • Kernel version

    • Older than 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
    • Kernel versions from 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4 have this issue fixed and no action is required.

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