linux-kernel - Re: ANDROID low memory killer register (was Linux killed Kenny, bastard!)

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Message-ID: <20090113122722.205605cf@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:27:22 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: ANDROID low memory killer register (was Linux killed Kenny,
 bastard!)

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:23:56 +0300
Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:10:38PM +0000, Alan Cox (alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> > I believe they are related in the sense that both of them are
> > unneccessary and should not make the final kernel...
> > 
> > The /proc../oom_adj interface is again sufficient for this.
> 
> Besides the fact that it will unlikely to work the way you expect, since
> oom adjustment is racy and may be too late, or not happend at all...

I would love to see a proposal that met such criteria. I don't think I
ever will and your random name based hack isn't it. The closest we have
right now is the container stuff.

Alan
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