--- linux-orig/mm/oom_kill.c	2005-02-23 20:03:11.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.10/mm/oom_kill.c	2005-02-25 00:21:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 
 unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
 {
-	unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
+	unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s, pct_occ;
+	extern unsigned long num_physpages;
 	struct list_head *tsk;
+	int is_superuser=0, has_hwaccess=0;
 
 	if (!p->mm)
 		return 0;
@@ -55,6 +57,39 @@
 	 */
 	points = p->mm->total_vm;
 
+	if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
+				p->uid == 0 || p->euid == 0) 
+	{
+		is_superuser=1;
+
+	}
+	
+	if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
+		has_hwaccess=1;
+	}
+	
+	if(is_superuser || has_hwaccess)
+		goto skip_pct_chk;
+
+	/* If the process 
+	 * a. Does not belong to superuser
+	 * b. Does not have hardware access, and
+	 * c. Occupies more than or equal to 50% memory 
+	 * it is a very likely candidate to kill.
+	 */
+	pct_occ = points*100 / num_physpages;
+
+	if (pct_occ >= 60) {
+#ifdef DEBUG	
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "Process %s with PID %d occupied more
+				 than 60% memory\n", p->comm, p->pid);
+#endif
+		/* Return unusually high number to make sure this process
+		 * gets killed
+		 */
+		return points*pct_occ;
+	}
+	skip_pct_chk:	
 	/*
 	 * Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
 	 * a good choice. We add the vmsize of the childs if they
@@ -99,8 +134,7 @@
 	 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
 	 * less likely that we kill those.
 	 */
-	if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
-				p->uid == 0 || p->euid == 0)
+	if (is_superuser)
 		points /= 4;
 
 	/*
@@ -109,7 +143,7 @@
 	 * tend to only have this flag set on applications they think
 	 * of as important.
 	 */
-	if (cap_t(p->cap_effective) & CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
+	if (has_hwaccess)
 		points /= 4;
 
 	/*