> > This change was unchangelogged, I don't know what it's for and I don't > > understand your comment about it. > > > > It was in the changelog (recall that the badness() function represents a > proportion of available memory used by a task, so subtracting 30 is the > equivalent of 3% of available memory): > > Root tasks are given 3% extra memory just like __vm_enough_memory() > provides in LSMs. In the event of two tasks consuming similar amounts of > memory, it is generally better to save root's task. LSMs have obvious reason to tend to priotize admin's operation than root privilege daemon. otherwise admins can't restore troubles. But in this case, why do need priotize admin shell than daemons? -- 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>