Comment by webstrand

Its not enabled by default, but enabling MGLRU setting /sys/kernel/mm/lru_gen/min_ttl_ms to 70 has entirely resolved the issue for me. It _does_ usually pick firefox or vscode to kill, but my system remains interactive, with no need for earlyoom.

Docs https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.html#thr...