--- title: New Linux Patches Aim To Customize Out-Of-Memory... description: New Linux patches introduce the ability to customize the out-of-memory (OOM) behavior using BPF programs. The patches focus on allowing flexible OOM handling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-linux-patches-aim-to-customize-out-of-memory-behavior-using-bpf-41vq4legb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Linux Patches Aim To Customize Out-Of-Memory Behavior Using BPF | daily.dev og:description: New Linux patches introduce the ability to customize the out-of-memory (OOM) behavior using BPF programs. The patches focus on allowing flexible OOM handling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-linux-patches-aim-to-customize-out-of-memory-behavior-using-bpf-41vq4legb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/41vq4legB.png og:image:alt: New Linux Patches Aim To Customize Out-Of-Memory Behavior Using BPF og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Linux Patches Aim To Customize Out-Of-Memory Behavior Using BPF **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New Linux patches introduce the ability to customize the out-of-memory (OOM) behavior using BPF programs. The patches focus on allowing flexible OOM handling policies and PSI-based OOM invocation. Unlike previous proposals, this approach aims to be more generic, enabling more precise control over memory management, such as task selection or memory cgroup handling. This eliminates the need for additional userspace daemons and infrastructure, offering a more integrated solution within the kernel. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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