MemoryMax not respected in transient .scope with --user option on RHEL8
Issue
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While trying to limit maximum memory for transient scope created for non-root user to run a comand, its not being respected.
$ systemd-run --user --scope -p MemoryHigh=0.5G -p MemorySwapMax=0 -p MemoryMax=1G python3 /home/quickcluster/mem-test.py & [1] 22036 -
Limits are set properly but OOM killer do not kill the process when it goes beyond the set limit. This is known bug in systemd on RHEL 8.
$ systemctl --user show run-r5f1e479ed2e8453daf01c18d8fc6a041.scope | grep -i memory MemoryHigh=536870912 MemoryMax=1073741824 MemorySwapMax=0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- systemd-239-74.el8_8.x86_64
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