Moritz, here is a test kernel with the three needed oom_kill patches* applied. Please confirm that it resolves the problem:
http://people.canonical.com/~kamal/lp1592429/ *[mainline] 4d4048b oom_kill: add rcu_read_lock() into find_lock_task_mm() ad96244 oom_kill: has_intersects_mems_allowed() needs rcu_read_lock() 1da4db0 oom_kill: change oom_kill.c to use for_each_thread() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1592429 Title: trusty kernel crash in OOM killer related to cgroups Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Trusty: In Progress Bug description: The trusty kernel can crash if the OOM killer kills processes which have reached a memory limit imposed by cgroups. More details can be found in this blog post: https://community.nitrous.io/posts/stability-and-a-linux-oom-killer- bug The upstream patch series which ultimately landed in 3.14 is available at: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?id=4d4048be8a93769350efa31d2482a038b7de73d0&qt=range&q=9853a407b97d8d066b5a865173a4859a3e69fd8a...4d4048be8a93769350efa31d2482a038b7de73d0 One of those four (0c740d0afc3bff0a097ad03a1c8df92757516f5c) is already part of the trusty kernel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1592429/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp