| Date | Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:33:13 -0700 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 2/2] signal: extend pidfd_send_signal() to allow expedited process killing |
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 06:43:53PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > Add new SS_EXPEDITE flag to be used when sending SIGKILL via > pidfd_send_signal() syscall to allow expedited memory reclaim of the > victim process. The usage of this flag is currently limited to SIGKILL > signal and only to privileged users.
What is the downside of doing expedited memory reclaim? ie why not do it every time a process is going to die?
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