[PATCH 2/2] doc, mm: clarify /proc/<pid>/oom_score value range

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu Jul 09 2020 - 02:26:30 EST


From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

The exported value includes oom_score_adj so the range is no [0, 1000]
as described in the previous section but rather [0, 2000]. Mention that
fact explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 8e3b5dffcfa8..78a0dec323a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1673,6 +1673,9 @@ requires CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
3.2 /proc/<pid>/oom_score - Display current oom-killer score
-------------------------------------------------------------

+Please note that the exported value includes oom_score_adj so it is effectively
+in range [0,2000].
+
This file can be used to check the current score used by the oom-killer is for
any given <pid>. Use it together with /proc/<pid>/oom_score_adj to tune which
process should be killed in an out-of-memory situation.
--
2.27.0