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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:59:34 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Jan-Frode Myklebust <janfrode@...so.net> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard! > +potential rouge process. F.ex. to make sure the process "Kenny" will be a > +prime candidate to get killed: > + > + echo 15 > /proc/self/oom_adj > + ./Kenny > + echo -15 > /proc/self/oom_adj > + This is a bogus and silly example - but it does show why the whole thing is not needed (echo "15" >/proc/self/oom_adj; exec ./Kenny) & See it's like nice, you can do it yourself anyway if you are co-operating, and if you aren't co-operating you need containers anyway... Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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