linux-kernel - Re: Improving OOM killer

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:29:31 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, riel@...hat.com, l.lunak@...e.cz,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	npiggin@...e.de, jkosina@...e.cz
Subject: Re: Improving OOM killer

David Rientjes wrote:
> /*
> * /proc/pid/oom_adj ranges from -1000 to +1000 to either
> * completely disable oom killing or always prefer it.
> */
> points += p->signal->oom_adj;
> 

Wouldn't that cause a rather huge compatibility issue given that the 
current oom_adj works in a totally different way:

! 3.1 /proc/<pid>/oom_adj - Adjust the oom-killer score
! ------------------------------------------------------
! This file can be used to adjust the score used to select which processes
! should be killed in an  out-of-memory  situation.  Giving it a high score
! will increase the likelihood of this process being killed by the
! oom-killer.  Valid values are in the range -16 to +15, plus the special
! value -17, which disables oom-killing altogether for this process.

?

Cheers,
FJP
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