linux-kernel - Re: openssh-server: sshd (<pid>): /proc/<pid>/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/<pid>/oom_score

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Message-ID: <4E3884E3.1090709@ionic.de>
Date:	Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:14:43 +0200
From:	Mihai Moldovan <ionic@...ic.de>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: openssh-server: sshd (<pid>): /proc/<pid>/oom_adj is deprecated,
 please use /proc/<pid>/oom_score_adj instead.

Hi Dan,


* On 03.08.2011 12:58 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Debian testing and Fedora 14 (and 15) are still using an old version
> of sshd so in 3.1, I get a popup in gnome that a "kernel crash has
> been detected."
> [...]
> There was a warning there for a year, and the distributions have one
> more year to upgrade to the newer software, so it's valid to apply
> pressure now.
>
> Could we do it in a way that made it more clear that the problem was
> an old version of openssh-server and not the kernel?  The information
> is there, but it's overwhelmed in stack trace spam.  Also the kernel
> is tainted now because of sshd.  Maybe the message could include a
> link to a wiki page that told people which version off sshd uses the
> new proc file.

Please read and add your thoughts to this thread:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/1/433

(Actually you just created a duplicate discussion. ;))

Best regards,


Mihai


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