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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T09:48:24+00:00 2026-05-11T09:48:24+00:00

When Linux runs out of memory (OOM), the OOM killer chooses a process to

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When Linux runs out of memory (OOM), the OOM killer chooses a process to kill based on some heuristics (it’s an interesting read: http://lwn.net/Articles/317814/).

How can one programmatically determine which processes have recently been killed by the OOM killer?

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  1. 2026-05-11T09:48:25+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 9:48 am

    Try this out:

    grep -i 'killed process' /var/log/messages 
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