exit_oom_victim(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… exit_oom_victim(9) πŸ’…

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ β€” this lil page is about exit_oom_victim, and honestly? iconic behaviour from a function with zero arguments.


🌸 NAME 🌸

exit_oom_victim β€” note the exit of an OOM victim

like, it literally just marks down that an OOM victim has peaced out. that's the whole vibe. πŸ’€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void exit_oom_victim (void );

one function, no drama, void in and void out. slay. 🫢


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • void β€” no arguments πŸ¦‹

literally none. zero. it's giving "I need nothing from you, I'm built different". no params to pass, no structs to fill, no pointers to babysit. main character energy fr fr. 😭


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, go read these next, they're all in the kernel file ./mm/oom_kill.c and they're lowkey all connected πŸ‘‘

the way this whole little friend group lives in ./mm/oom_kill.c… obsessed. πŸ’–


🧚 quick vibe check: this page has no options, no env vars, no exit statuses and no warnings to report β€” the source page simply doesn't list any, so don't come for me, I'm just the messenger. πŸ™ˆ

and that's the page, babe! πŸ“ source is ./mm (the whole mm directory, mwah), dated October 2026, and it's exit_oom_victim(9) β€” catch you in the group chat πŸ’…πŸ’œπŸ”₯

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