On 02/10/2010 11:32 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
OOM_ADJUST_MIN and OOM_ADJUST_MAX have been exported to userspace since 2006 via include/linux/oom.h. This alters their values from -16 to -1000 and from +15 to +1000, respectively.
That seems like a bad idea. Google may have the luxury of being able to recompile all its in-house applications, but this will not be true for many other users of /proc/<pid>/oom_adj
+/* + * Tasks that fork a very large number of children with seperate address spaces + * may be the result of a bug, user error, or a malicious application. The oom + * killer assesses a penalty equaling
It could also be the result of the system getting many client connections - think of overloaded mail, web or database servers. -- All rights reversed. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>