linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]oom-kill: direct hardware access processes should get bonus

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Message-ID: <1288707894.19865.1.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:24:54 +0800
From:	"Figo.zhang" <figo1802@...il.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]oom-kill: direct hardware access processes should get
 bonus


> 
> Which applications are you referring to that cannot gracefully exit if 
> killed?

like Xorg server, if xorg server be killed, the gnome desktop will be
crashed.


> 
> CAP_SYS_RAWIO had a much more dramatic impact in the previous heuristic to 
> such a point that it would often allow memory hogging tasks to elude the 
> oom killer at the expense of innocent tasks.  I'm not sure this is the 
> best way to go.

is it some experiments for demonstration the  CAP_SYS_RAWIO will elude
the oom killer?




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