#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : A process is killed by the OOM killer # Fix : Raise or correct the cgroup memory limit # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-oom-killer # # Run as : Shell # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # The process is in a container or a systemd unit with MemoryMax set. # The host may have plenty of free memory -- the limit is local to the # cgroup. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # sudo systemctl revert myservice.service # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 4" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " A process is killed by the OOM killer" echo " Raise or correct the cgroup memory limit" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Read the current limit and peak usage for the unit.' '' cmd 'systemctl show myservice.service -p MemoryMax -p MemoryHigh -p MemoryPeak' 'systemd-cgtop -m --iterations=1'; then systemctl show myservice.service -p MemoryMax -p MemoryHigh -p MemoryPeak systemd-cgtop -m --iterations=1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'For a container, read the limit from the runtime.' '' cmd 'docker inspect -f '\''{{.HostConfig.Memory}}'\'' mycontainer' 'docker stats --no-stream mycontainer'; then docker inspect -f '{{.HostConfig.Memory}}' mycontainer docker stats --no-stream mycontainer if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Raise it, or set MemoryHigh below MemoryMax so the process is throttled and reclaimed before it is killed.' 'MemoryHigh applies back-pressure and reclaims; MemoryMax is the hard wall where the kill happens. Having only MemoryMax means going from fine to killed with nothing in between.' cmd 'sudo systemctl set-property myservice.service MemoryHigh=3G MemoryMax=4G'; then sudo systemctl set-property myservice.service MemoryHigh=3G MemoryMax=4G if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Reload and restart.' '' cmd 'sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl restart myservice.service'; then sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl restart myservice.service if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The service stays up under its normal load.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then systemctl show myservice.service -p MemoryPeak -p MemoryMax fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-oom-killer" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: sudo systemctl revert myservice.service' rule