[PATCH] allow oom_adj of saintly processes

From: Joshua N Pritikin
Date: Wed Feb 21 2007 - 08:35:04 EST


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.

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Signed-off-by: Joshua N. Pritikin <jpritikin@xxxxxxxxx>

--- 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);
}

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