prelockd
Lock executables and shared libraries in memory to improve system responsiveness under low-memory conditions (by hakavlad)
pf-kernel
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prelockd
Posts with mentions or reviews of prelockd.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-09.
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Linuxatemyram.com
This may or may not preserve your desktop and other important applications in an OOM situation. https://github.com/hakavlad/prelockd
- force specific program to use ram instead of swap as much as possible?
- Looking for better scheduler for high core system
- Can someone explain me why do DEs crash like any other application?
- Prelockd
- Amazon 46.50% with 4.79% runtime slowdown using proactive memory reclaim
pf-kernel
Posts with mentions or reviews of pf-kernel.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-02.
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No multimedia playback due to pipewire: "Cannot allocate memory"
I picked up this issue but I suspect in my case it has to do with me using this custom kernel!
- System76-Scheduler Is a New Pop OS Rust Effort to Improve Desktop Responsiveness
- Amazon 46.50% with 4.79% runtime slowdown using proactive memory reclaim
What are some alternatives?
When comparing prelockd and pf-kernel you can also consider the following projects:
nohang - A sophisticated low memory handler for Linux
linux - XanMod: Linux kernel source code tree
le9-patch - [PATCH] mm: Protect the working set under memory pressure to prevent thrashing, avoid high latency and prevent livelock in near-OOM conditions
system76-scheduler - Auto-configure CFS and process priorities for improved desktop responsiveness
memavaild - Improve responsiveness during heavy swapping: keep amount of available memory
mio - Cross-platform C++11 header-only library for memory mapped file IO
vmtouch - Portable file system cache diagnostics and control
ksm_preload - Enables legacy applications to leverage Linux's memory deduplication.
earlyoom - earlyoom - Early OOM Daemon for Linux