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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: oom_adj
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-02-14 15:46:25
Message-ID: 200902141646.25805.coolo () kde ! org
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Am Saturday 14 February 2009 15:52:30 schrieb John Tapsell:
> 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?
And have a suid program just for that? 

Actually I can imagine use cases when people would rather kill kwin than the 
OOo that is currently saving their thesis.

Greetings, Stephan

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