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SubjectRe:[PATCH v2]oom-kill: CAP_SYS_RESOURCE should get bonus
On Thu, 4 Nov 2010, Figo.zhang wrote:

> > > CAP_SYS_RESOURCE also had better get 3% bonus for protection.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Would you like to elaborate as to why?
> >
> >
>
> process with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE capibility which have system resource
> limits, like journaling resource on ext3/4 filesystem, RTC clock. so it
> also the same treatment as process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
>

NACK, there's no justification that these tasks should be given a 3%
memory bonus in the oom killer heuristic; in fact, since they can allocate
without limits it is more important to target these tasks if they are
using an egregious amount of memory. CAP_SYS_RESOURCE threads have the
ability to lower their own oom_score_adj values, thus, they should protect
themselves if necessary like everything else.


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