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The gist of the description is moved from systemd.resource-control to systemd-oomd man page. Cross-references to OOMPolicy, memory.oom.group, oomctl, ManagedOOMSwap and ManagedOOMMemoryPressure are added in all places. The descriptions are also more down-to-earth: instead of talking about "taking action" let's just say "kill". We *might* add configuration for different actions in the future, but we're not there yet, so let's just describe what we do now.
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
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<refentry id="systemd-oomd.service" conditional='ENABLE_OOMD'>
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-oomd.service</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-oomd.service</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-oomd.service</refname>
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<refname>systemd-oomd</refname>
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<refpurpose>A userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killer</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<para><filename>systemd-oomd.service</filename></para>
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<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-oomd</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-oomd</command> is a system service that uses cgroups-v2 and pressure stall
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information (PSI) to monitor and take corrective action before an OOM occurs in the kernel space.</para>
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<para>You can enable monitoring and actions on units by setting <varname>ManagedOOMSwap=</varname> and
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<varname>ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=</varname> in the unit configuration, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<command>systemd-oomd</command> retrieves information about such units from <command>systemd</command>
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when it starts and watches for subsequent changes.</para>
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<para>Cgroups of units with <varname>ManagedOOMSwap=</varname> or
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<varname>ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=</varname> set to <option>kill</option> will be monitored.
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<command>systemd-oomd</command> periodically polls PSI statistics for the system and those cgroups to
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decide when to take action. If the configured limits are exceeded, <command>systemd-oomd</command> will
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select a cgroup to terminate, and send <constant>SIGKILL</constant> to all processes in it. Note that
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only descendant cgroups are eligible candidates for killing; the unit with its property set to
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<option>kill</option> is not a candidate (unless one of its ancestors set their property to
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<option>kill</option>). Also only leaf cgroups and cgroups with <filename>memory.oom.group</filename> set
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to <constant>1</constant> are eligible candidates; see <varname>OOMPolicy=</varname> in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> can
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be used to list monitored cgroups and pressure information.</para>
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<para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for more information about the configuration of this service.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>System requirements and configuration</title>
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<para>The system must be running systemd with a full unified cgroup hierarchy for the expected cgroups-v2 features.
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Furthermore, memory accounting must be turned on for all units monitored by <command>systemd-oomd</command>.
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The easiest way to turn on memory accounting is by ensuring the value for <varname>DefaultMemoryAccounting=</varname>
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is set to <constant>true</constant> in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>The kernel must be compiled with PSI support. This is available in Linux 4.20 and above.</para>
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<para>It is highly recommended for the system to have swap enabled for <command>systemd-oomd</command> to
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function optimally. With swap enabled, the system spends enough time swapping pages to let
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<command>systemd-oomd</command> react. Without swap, the system enters a livelocked state much more
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quickly and may prevent <command>systemd-oomd</command> from responding in a reasonable amount of
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time. See <ulink url="https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html">"In defence of swap:
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common misconceptions"</ulink> for more details on swap. Any swap-based actions on systems without swap
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will be ignored. While <command>systemd-oomd</command> can perform pressure-based actions on such a
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system, the pressure increases will be more abrupt and may require more tuning to get the desired
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thresholds and behavior.</para>
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<para>Be aware that if you intend to enable monitoring and actions on <filename>user.slice</filename>,
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<filename>user-$UID.slice</filename>, or their ancestor cgroups, it is highly recommended that your
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programs be managed by the systemd user manager to prevent running too many processes under the same
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session scope (and thus avoid a situation where memory intensive tasks trigger
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<command>systemd-oomd</command> to kill everything under the cgroup). If you're using a desktop
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environment like GNOME or KDE, it already spawns many session components with the systemd user manager.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Usage Recommendations</title>
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<para><varname>ManagedOOMSwap=</varname> works with the system-wide swap values, so setting it on the root slice
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<filename>-.slice</filename>, and allowing all descendant cgroups to be eligible candidates may make the most
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sense.</para>
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<para><varname>ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=</varname> tends to work better on the cgroups below the root
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slice. For units which tend to have processes that are less latency sensitive (e.g.
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<filename>system.slice</filename>), a higher limit like the default of 60% may be acceptable, as those
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processes can usually ride out slowdowns caused by lack of memory without serious consequences. However,
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something like <filename>user@$UID.service</filename> may prefer a much lower value like 40%.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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