Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:35:46 +0300 | From | Evgeniy Polyakov <> | Subject | Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard! |
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:24:35PM -0500, Bill Davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) wrote: > >So effectively oom_adj only works as enable/disable switch, and since no > >one knows how to tune it, it is better to do not touch at all. And get > >ssh killed. I believe if it is ever used then only to disable oom at > >all, which is wrong, since task still may be killed but after some > >others. My patch adds a simple priority for that based on the name of > >the process, which are known to the administrators who maintain given > >system. > > > If nothing else, this would seem to reduce the number of processes for > which the OOM coefficient of evil must be calculated.
Yes, it allows this.
-- Evgeniy Polyakov
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