Julia is killed inside docker when creating a large array

[nkottary]

$ ./julia
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   _       _ _(_)_     |  A fresh approach to technical computing
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |  Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?help" for help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 0.5.0 (2016-09-19 18:14 UTC)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official http://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |  x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

julia> a = rand(Int8, (10^6) * 500); # Create a 500MB array

julia> b = rand(Int8, (10^6) * 500); # Create another 500MB array
Killed
d3b69162de1b root [~/julia-3c9d75391c/bin]
$

I have limited the memory to 1 GB on the docker (ubuntu) container and there is no swap setup. Is it possible to throw an OutOfMemoryError in this case?

[ViralBShah]

Is docker killing it by sending a signal?

[yuyichao]

Dup of #18274