See kernel commit 8fb4fc68ca391862b061b3d358a288ccf6abed39. Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/proc.5 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 1947957ad..4bb7dd262 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -1633,7 +1633,11 @@ a new process inherits its parent's setting. A process must be privileged .RB ( CAP_SYS_RESOURCE ) -to update this file. +to update this file, +.\" commit 8fb4fc68ca391862b061b3d358a288ccf6abed39 +although a process can always increase its own +.I oom_adj +setting (since 2.6.20). .IP Since Linux 2.6.36, use of this file is deprecated in favor of .IR /proc/ pid /oom_score_adj . -- 2.40.0
