Re: [PATCH] oom_nice

2000-11-10 Thread Alexander Viro
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Chris Swiedler wrote: > Here's an updated version of the "oom_nice" patch. It allows a sysadmin to > set the "oom niceness" for processes, either by PID or by process name. The > oom niceness value factors into the badness() function called by Rik's > OOM killer. Negative v

[PATCH] oom_nice

2000-11-10 Thread Chris Swiedler
Here's an updated version of the "oom_nice" patch. It allows a sysadmin to set the "oom niceness" for processes, either by PID or by process name. The oom niceness value factors into the badness() function called by Rik's OOM killer. Negative values decrease the chance that the process will be kil