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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# oomkill   Trace oom_kill_process(). For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF.
+#
+# This traces the kernel out-of-memory killer, and prints basic details,
+# including the system load averages. This can provide more context on the
+# system state at the time of OOM: was it getting busier or steady, based
+# on the load averages? This tool may also be useful to customize for
+# investigations; for example, by adding other task_struct details at the time
+# of OOM.
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+#
+# 09-Feb-2016   Brendan Gregg   Created this.
+
+from bcc import BPF
+from time import strftime
+
+# linux stats
+loadavg = "/proc/loadavg"
+
+# initialize BPF
+b = BPF(text="""
+#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
+void kprobe__oom_kill_process(struct pt_regs *ctx, struct oom_control *oc,
+    struct task_struct *p, unsigned int points, unsigned long totalpages)
+{
+    bpf_trace_printk("OOM kill of PID %d (\\"%s\\"), %d pages\\n", p->pid,
+        p->comm, totalpages);
+}
+""")
+
+# print output
+print("Tracing oom_kill_process()... Ctrl-C to end.")
+while 1:
+    (task, pid, cpu, flags, ts, msg) = b.trace_fields()
+    with open(loadavg) as stats:
+        avgline = stats.read().rstrip()
+    print("%s Triggered by PID %d (\"%s\"), %s, loadavg: %s" % (
+        strftime("%H:%M:%S"), pid, task, msg, avgline))