[rnrn]

This is not about reclaiming memory by swapping the contents out to disk. It is about killing processes due to having overcommitted beyond the available memory plus swap space. The processes thrown out of the plane (targeted by the OOM killer) cannot be resurrected

[saghm]

Fair enough. I still think that the analogy is a bit overzealous given that my issue with the hypothetical weight-shedding strategy is ethical rather than technical.