What oom_adj is your test app running under? On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Raja Pavan <rajain...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are testing the lowmemorykiller.c driver of android, using a sample > test application that malloc() and memset() memory. [code pasted > below] > > void loopmalloc() > { > int size,i=0; > float **ptr = NULL; > > printf("\n\nLoopMalloc starts....\n\n"); > ptr = (float **)malloc(2000000*sizeof(float *)); > while(i++ < 2000000) > { > printf("LoopMalloc Starts i=%d\n",i); > size = 1024*1024*1024*sizeof(float); > ptr[i] = (float *)malloc(size); > memset(ptr[i],0,size); > } > } > > We configured lowmemorykiller.c to be triggrred for 6 different levels > of freememory > > init.rc > write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree > 1536,2048,4096,5120,5632,6144 > > Low Memory Killer was not tiggerred for any level of the freememory > mentioned above. > > Then we increased the Free Memory Levels, so the sample application is > expected to be triggered at the very beginning as we have configured > the LMK to be triggered even for a very high free memory. > > write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree > 1054720,1054720,1054720,1054720,1054720,1054720 > > Now the low memory killer is getting called and also the sample test > application is killed by the lowmemorykiller. > > But only after the sample application is almost at the end of the > memory allocation. > > Is there any patch to lowmemorykiller.c or the kswapd (mm/vmscan.c) > that will make the lowmemorykiller to get triggerred for all levels of > the free memory levels specified inside the init.rc. > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-kernel%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel