[Bug 634900] Re: "oom never" makes ssh upstart job fail to start in OpenVZ container

[Xiaolin Zhang]

I ran into this problem today on 10.04.4 LTS, and the workaround works
for me.

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Title:
  "oom never" makes ssh upstart job fail to start in OpenVZ container

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: upstart

  /etc/init/ssh.conf uses "oom never", which causes the job failing to
  start in an OpenVZ container.

  Host:
   - kernel: 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 (Debian testing)
  Container:
  openssh-server: 1:5.3p1-3ubuntu4 (Lucid)
  Upstart: 0.6.5-7 (Lucid)

  This is a known problem (mentioned on
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9170868&postcount=2).

  What information is required to debug this? Some strace output?

  WORKAROUND:
   - comment the "oom never" line

  POSSIBLE FIXES:
  1. Ignore any errors when trying to set "oom never" for the job?!
  2. Only apply "oom never" if not in a virtualized context (see comment #2).

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