From: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
To: Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [take2] OOM documentation update [was: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!]
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:10:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090114221043.GA6039@ioremap.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3e8340490901141353u3990148ft1b20220a8317f7dc@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:53:16PM -0500, Bryan Donlan (bdonlan@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> wrote:
>
> > + * resulted score is multiplied by the two in the power of oom_adj when it is
> > + positive, and divided otherwise, i.e.
> > + points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and
> > + points >>= oom_adj otherwise
>
> Two to the power of a negative number is equivalent to dividing by two
> to the power of said exponent's absolute value, making this paragraph
> more than a bit confusing - indeed, a literal read would make it
> equivalent to multiplying by 2^abs(oom_adj).
>
> I would think that the following would be enough:
> * The resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj.
Yes, I think it is enough with shift example.
Thanks guys I will update the doc.
--
Evgeniy Polyakov
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-14 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-12 15:33 Linux killed Kenny, bastard! Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:44 ` Dave Jones
2009-01-12 15:48 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:51 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 21:29 ` Chris Snook
2009-01-12 21:42 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:52 ` [why oom_adj does not work] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 14:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 14:24 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 15:00 ` Balbir Singh
2009-01-13 15:21 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 18:04 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-13 19:46 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 21:33 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 21:39 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 22:05 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 16:12 ` OOM documentation update [was: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!] Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 17:06 ` [take2] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 21:34 ` Randy Dunlap
2009-01-14 21:53 ` Bryan Donlan
2009-01-14 22:10 ` Evgeniy Polyakov [this message]
2009-01-14 22:14 ` [take3] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 0:58 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-15 8:51 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 8:57 ` [take4] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 11:13 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-12 15:49 ` Linux killed Kenny, bastard! Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:50 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:52 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 15:56 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 16:19 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 16:29 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 23:00 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-01-12 23:17 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 1:53 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 8:52 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 9:54 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 11:54 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 12:15 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 12:29 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:19 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 13:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 0:24 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-01-14 0:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:47 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 19:36 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 21:46 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 22:49 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 23:02 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 1:11 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-14 1:20 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 4:06 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-13 23:10 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 23:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 23:43 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 23:55 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 0:32 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-14 0:53 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-14 4:23 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-14 9:07 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 19:15 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 22:00 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 23:26 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-13 23:36 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 13:41 ` Jan-Frode Myklebust
2009-01-13 13:59 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-12 16:22 ` Dave Jones
2009-01-12 16:28 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 16:35 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-01-13 22:04 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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