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Message-Id: <1246811565-8548-3-git-send-email-dwalker@fifo99.com> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:32:44 -0700 From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>, Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> Subject: [PATCH 3/4] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: delete the decription file Move the lowmemorykiller.txt into the actual source file which is really the correct place for it, and delete lowmemorykiller.txt. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> --- drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.txt | 16 ---------------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.txt diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c index fb066a3..f13c6fc 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c +++ b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ /* drivers/misc/lowmemorykiller.c * + * The lowmemorykiller driver lets user-space specify a set of memory thresholds + * where processes with a range of oom_adj values will get killed. Specify the + * minimum oom_adj values in /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj and the + * number of free pages in /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree. Both + * files take a comma separated list of numbers in ascending order. + * + * For example, write "0,8" to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj and + * "1024,4096" to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree to kill processes + * with a oom_adj value of 8 or higher when the free memory drops below 4096 pages + * and kill processes with a oom_adj value of 0 or higher when the free memory + * drops below 1024 pages. + * + * The driver considers memory used for caches to be free, but if a large + * percentage of the cached memory is locked this can be very inaccurate + * and processes may not get killed until the normal oom killer is triggered. + * * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Google, Inc. * * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.txt b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bd5c0c0..0000000 --- a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -The lowmemorykiller driver lets user-space specify a set of memory thresholds -where processes with a range of oom_adj values will get killed. Specify the -minimum oom_adj values in /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj and the -number of free pages in /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree. Both -files take a comma separated list of numbers in ascending order. - -For example, write "0,8" to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj and -"1024,4096" to /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree to kill processes -with a oom_adj value of 8 or higher when the free memory drops below 4096 pages -and kill processes with a oom_adj value of 0 or higher when the free memory -drops below 1024 pages. - -The driver considers memory used for caches to be free, but if a large -percentage of the cached memory is locked this can be very inaccurate -and processes may not get killed until the normal oom killer is triggered. - -- 1.5.4.3 -- 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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