Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: introduce oom_kill_disable sysctl knob | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:46:47 -0800 |
| |
Hi,
Fix a few typos:
On 11/6/20 12:32 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ > include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++ > include/linux/oom.h | 1 + > kernel/sysctl.c | 9 +++++++++ > mm/oom_kill.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 5 files changed, 50 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst > index f455fa00c00f..49dcedfaf0c0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst > @@ -694,6 +694,20 @@ is used in oom_kill_allocating_task. > > The default value is 0. > > +oom_kill_disable > +================ > + > +This disables or enables OOM killing in out-of-memory situations. > + > +If this is set to one, the OOM killer is disabled so OOM kill never > +hapens in out-of-memory situation. It could cause system dangerous
happens It could cause a dangerous system
> +state due to memory allocation failure so user should be careful to
careful when > +use it.
using it.
> + > +If this is set to zero, the OOM killer is enabled so OOM kill happens > +in out-of-memory situations. > + > +The default value is 0. > > overcommit_kbytes > =================
> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c > index 8b84661a6410..0f48cdeeb1e7 100644 > --- a/mm/oom_kill.c > +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA > /** > * oom_cpuset_eligible() - check task eligiblity for kill
eligibility
but that's not in your patch, so don't bother with it. :)
-- ~Randy
| |