>> - If you run the same program as root, non root process and privilege >> explicit >> dropping processes (e.g. irqbalance) will be killed at first. > Hmm, at least there were some programs were root processes but were killed > first. > [ pid] ppid uid total_vm rss swap score_adj name > [ 5720] 5353 0 24421 257 0 0 sshd > [ 5353] 1 0 15998 189 0 0 sshd > [ 5451] 1 0 19648 235 0 0 master > [ 1626] 1 0 2287 129 0 0 dhclient Hi I can't reproduce this too. Are you sure these processes have a full root privilege? I've made new debugging patch. After applying following patch, do these processes show cap=1? index f0e34d4..fe788df 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem, const nodemask_t *no struct task_struct *p; struct task_struct *task; - pr_info("[ pid] ppid uid total_vm rss swap score_adj name\n"); + pr_info("[ pid] ppid uid cap total_vm rss swap score_adj name\n"); for_each_process(p) { if (oom_unkillable_task(p, mem, nodemask)) continue; @@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ static void dump_tasks(const struct mem_cgroup *mem, const nodemask_t *no continue; } - pr_info("[%6d] %6d %5d %8lu %8lu %8lu %9d %s\n", + pr_info("[%6d] %6d %5d %3d %8lu %8lu %8lu %9d %s\n", task_tgid_nr(task), task_tgid_nr(task->real_parent), - task_uid(task), + task_uid(task), has_capability_noaudit(task, CAP_SYS_ADMIN), task->mm->total_vm, get_mm_rss(task->mm) + task->mm->nr_ptes, get_mm_counter(task->mm, MM_SWAPENTS), -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>