Re: [patch -mmotm] mm: introduce oom_adj_child

[Paul Menage]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:45 PM, David Rientjes<rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Paul Menage wrote:
>
>> > Ok, we can allow oom_adj_child to be less than oom_adj for
>> > CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
>>
>> Sounds fine to me, since you already need CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to set
>> oom_adj anyway. But actually, shouldn't you just be requiring
>> CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to set oom_adj_child at all?
>>
>
> Tasks can elevate their own oom_adj value without that capability.

OK, I see that changed since 2.6.18.

Paul
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