linux-kernel - Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!

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Message-ID: <20090113135934.412288a3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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
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