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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    oom_adj
From:       John Tapsell <johnflux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-02-14 14:52:30
Message-ID: 43d8ce650902140652o365cb0cfvebd917c46ac90a70 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi all!

 We could identify important processes (xorg, kwin, krunner) that we
wouldn't want to be killed in a low memory situation, and adjust their
oom_adj property.  This is used by the kernel out-of-memory handler
when it tries to kill processes because the system is low on memory.

Thoughts?

JohnFlux
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