> > Which applications are you referring to that cannot gracefully exit if > killed? like Xorg server, if xorg server be killed, the gnome desktop will be crashed. > > CAP_SYS_RAWIO had a much more dramatic impact in the previous heuristic to > such a point that it would often allow memory hogging tasks to elude the > oom killer at the expense of innocent tasks. I'm not sure this is the > best way to go. is it some experiments for demonstration the CAP_SYS_RAWIO will elude the oom killer? -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>