linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: Add config option to support oom

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1302271613210.27317@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:14:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: Add config option
 to support oom_adj values

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:

> Because, without this patch, the values written to
> /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj do not get adjusted and
> therefore do not match the correct processes.
> 

Explain how this can possibly be consistent if your system includes two 
processes, one writing oom_adj values and one writing oom_score_adj 
values, and the kernel has this new option enabled?