Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: Add config option to support oom_adj values

Arve Hjønnevåg
2013-02-28T01:05:05Z

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:14 PM, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
>
>> Because, without this patch, the values written to
>> /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj do not get adjusted and
>> therefore do not match the correct processes.
>>
>
> Explain how this can possibly be consistent if your system includes two
> processes, one writing oom_adj values and one writing oom_score_adj
> values, and the kernel has this new option enabled?

These values are all written by the same process. If you want to
improve this, the lowmemorykiller will need a separate score_adj
parameter so that it knows for sure which type of value it receives.
You changed the meaning of /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj.
This patch restores the old behavior as long as the values you write
are within the range oom_adj, while still supporting the new behavior
you added in the likely case that one of the values are out of range
for oom_adj.

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Arve Hjønnevåg