#1144051 xen-utils-common: Should apply choom -1000 on xenconsoled too

Package:
xen-utils-common
Source:
xen-utils-common
Description:
Xen administrative tools - common files
Submitter:
Samuel Thibault
Date:
2026-08-12 07:55:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1144051#5
Date:
2026-08-10 10:37:28 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

/etc/init.d/xen uses choom -n -1000 to start xenstored, which is
precious.

It would be very useful to use it to start xenconsoled too, to avoid
losing access to VM consoles after an OOM pass.

That's particularly important considering that the fix for the mdadm
leak is not backported yet: https://bugs.debian.org/1115497

Samuel

#1144051#10
Date:
2026-08-12 07:48:22 UTC
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To:
Hi Samuel,
Yeah, that idea totally makes sense to me.
Thanks for the suggestion.

I'm not sure if we can also do this for Trixie, will have to discuss
that in the team when we get to this item.

Thanks,
Hans