Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:19:25 +0000 | From | Jonathan Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init |
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>> Rik, is there any way we could get a /proc entry for this, so that one >> could do something like: > >I will respond; NO there is no way for security reasons this is not a >good idea.
Just out of interest, what information does the OOM score expose that isn't already available to Joe Random Unprivileged User? Looking at my 2.4.1 source, nothing. The badness() function uses the following:
- memory size - run time - cpu time - nice value - if it's a root process - (rare) if process has direct hardware access
Apart from the last item, which is rarely encountered, all the above info is available using 'top' or 'ps' or via the /proc filesystem already, by any unprivileged user (unless you've make /proc su-access only, in which case your point is moot anyway).
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