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## What is the problem?
OOM conditions may cause [freezes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(computing)), [livelocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock#Livelock), drop [caches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_cache) and processes to be killed (via [SIGKILL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)#SIGKILL)) instead of trying to terminate them correctly (via [SIGTERM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)#SIGTERM) or other action). Some applications may crash if it's impossible to allocate memory.
OOM conditions may cause [freezes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(computing)), [livelocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock#Livelock), drop [caches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_cache) and processes to be killed (via sending [SIGKILL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)#SIGKILL)) instead of trying to terminate them correctly (via sending [SIGTERM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)#SIGTERM) or takes other corrective action). Some applications may crash if it's impossible to allocate memory.
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