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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

RUNNING OUT OF MEMORY?

TRY THIS ONE AMAZING TRICK 'THEY' DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT!

echo f | sudo tee /proc/sysrq-trigger

GUARANTEED TO FREE UP YOUR MEMORY (i.e. chrome) QUICK!

YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO! MEMORY IS ABUNDANT AND FREE!
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mittorn@masturbated.one

mittorn

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@ljs i am using it on android with disabled lowmemorykiller, works fine (system process is allowed write to sysrq-trigger with selinux permissive)

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liskin@genserver.social

Tomáš Janoušek

Reply to @ljs
@ljs Why would you need tricks to free up your memory if memory is abundant and free? Did they perhaps play you for an absolute fool, sir?
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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@liskin HOW DARE YOU SIR! I SIMPLY CHOOSE TO USE THIS ONE NEAT TRICK THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO USE FOR FUN SIR!

GOOD DAY SIR!
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gabboman@app.wafrn.net

neocat_hyper_256 gabbo the wafrn guy neocat_floof_devil_256

Reply to @ljs

@ljs@social.kernel.org I am scared to ask what does that do

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ashtardeza@mas.to

Just call me Ash

Reply to @gabboman@app.wafrn.net

@gabboman @ljs

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html

It kills memory hogging processes, which in this case probably means killing Chrome.

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ljs

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@ashtardeza @gabboman the top memory hogging process effectively manually runs the OOM killer (taking into account oom_score_adj etc.).

So probably a chrome tab indeed ;)
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ashtardeza@mas.to

Just call me Ash

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@ljs @gabboman ah yes, I didn't realise Chrome runs tabs in separate processes, but that makes total sense.

Thanks for the clarification!

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