If the badness of a process is zero then oom_adj>0 has no effect. This patch makes sure that the oom_adj shift actually increases badness points appropriately.
I am not subscribed. Please CC me with any comments. Thanks. Signed-off-by: Joshua N. Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux/mm/oom_kill.c.orig 2007-02-18 14:58:35.000000000 +0530 +++ linux/mm/oom_kill.c 2007-02-18 14:57:52.000000000 +0530 @@ -147,9 +147,11 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct * Adjust the score by oomkilladj. */ if (p->oomkilladj) { - if (p->oomkilladj > 0) + if (p->oomkilladj > 0) { + if (!points) + points = 1; points <<= p->oomkilladj; - else + } else points >>= -(p->oomkilladj); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/