From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Subject: doc, mm: clarify /proc/<pid>/oom_score value range The exported value includes oom_score_adj so the range is no [0, 1000] as described in the previous section but rather [0, 2000]. Mention that fact explicitly. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200709062603.18480-2-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst~doc-mm-clarify-proc-pid-oom_score-value-range +++ a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst @@ -1676,6 +1676,9 @@ This file can be used to check the curre any given <pid>. Use it together with /proc/<pid>/oom_score_adj to tune which process should be killed in an out-of-memory situation. +Please note that the exported value includes oom_score_adj so it is +effectively in range [0,2000]. + 3.3 /proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields ------------------------------------------------------- _