From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [why oom_adj does not work] Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <24551.1231869877@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:21:06 +0300." <20090113152106.GA1134@ioremap.net>
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:21:06 +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov said:
> Using oom_adj? Because there is no way I can determine which number to
> put there. It is not even documented for those who do not read kernel
> sources. Even after that: oom_score changes with time, and having 1/2 or
> 8 oom_adj is correct right now, it will not be in a few moments.
In that case, the *real* problem to be fixed is a lack of documentation.
It should be possible to add a blurb somewhere in Documentation/* that
says:
"echo 10000 > oom_adjust" is guaranteed to make this process the first one
up against the wall when the revolution comes (for some value of 10000, of
course).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-13 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-12 15:33 Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:44 ` Dave Jones
2009-01-12 15:48 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:51 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 21:29 ` Chris Snook
2009-01-12 21:42 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:52 ` [why oom_adj does not work] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 14:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 14:24 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 15:00 ` Balbir Singh
2009-01-13 15:21 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 18:04 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2009-01-13 19:46 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 21:33 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 21:39 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 22:05 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 16:12 ` OOM documentation update [was: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!] Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 17:06 ` [take2] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 21:34 ` Randy Dunlap
2009-01-14 21:53 ` Bryan Donlan
2009-01-14 22:10 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 22:14 ` [take3] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 0:58 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-15 8:51 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 8:57 ` [take4] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 11:13 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-12 15:49 ` Linux killed Kenny, bastard! Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:50 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:52 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:56 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 16:19 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 16:29 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 23:00 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-01-12 23:17 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 1:53 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 8:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 9:54 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 11:54 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 12:15 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 12:29 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:19 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 13:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 0:24 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-01-14 0:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:47 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 19:36 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 21:46 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 22:49 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 23:02 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 1:11 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-14 1:20 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 4:06 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 23:10 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 23:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 23:43 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 23:55 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 0:32 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-14 0:53 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 4:23 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-14 9:07 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 19:15 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 22:00 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 23:26 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-13 23:36 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:41 ` Jan-Frode Myklebust
2009-01-13 13:59 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 16:22 ` Dave Jones
2009-01-12 16:28 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 16:35 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-01-13 22:04 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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[not found] ` <bTxdg-8sZ-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
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[not found] ` <bTRYr-2up-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
2009-01-14 19:18 ` [why oom_adj does not work] " Bodo Eggert
2009-01-14 19:22 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 0:54 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-15 8:43 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 21:50 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-15 22:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-17 14:12 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-17 14:22 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-18 12:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-18 13:13 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-18 20:25 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-18 20:41 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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