> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > > > > > > I think in cases of heuristics like this where we obviously want to give > > > > > some bonus to CAP_SYS_ADMIN that there is consistency with other bonuses > > > > > given elsewhere in the kernel. > > > > > > > > Keep comparision apple to apple. vm_enough_memory() account _virtual_ memory. > > > > oom-killer try to free _physical_ memory. It's unrelated. > > > > > > > > > > It's not unrelated, the LSM function gives an arbitrary 3% bonus to > > > CAP_SYS_ADMIN. > > > > Unrelated. LSM _is_ security module. and It only account virtual memory. > > > > I needed a small bias for CAP_SYS_ADMIN tasks so I chose 3% since it's the > same proportion used elsewhere in the kernel and works nicely since the > badness score is now a proportion. Why? Is this important than X? > If you'd like to propose a different > percentage or suggest removing the bias for root tasks altogether, feel > free to propose a patch. Thanks! I only need to revert bad change. Thanks. -- 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>