Re: OOM and policy

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
11 Oct 1998 12:01:51 -0400

>>>>> "Clayton" == Clayton Weaver <cgweav@eskimo.com> writes:
> Since this is policy, how can I tell the kernel at bootup which processes
> I want it to kill first, regardless of resource usage heuristics?

Maybe spicing up the heuristic a little bit could help ?
How about extending the `don't kill root' with `don't kill members of group
foo' (foo could be group 0, for instance) ?

Stefan

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