Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756411AbZAMMPo (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:15:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753214AbZAMMPg (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:15:36 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:54878 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752595AbZAMMPf (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:15:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:15:10 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Evgeniy Polyakov Cc: David Rientjes , Bill Davidsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard! Message-ID: <20090113121510.68a55fe9@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090113115408.GA22289@ioremap.net> References: <20090112155030.GA21063@ioremap.net> <20090112155239.5f677a17@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090112155615.GA21350@ioremap.net> <20090112161931.6203f96e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090112162938.GA22647@ioremap.net> <496BCB7A.2010804@tmr.com> <20090112231728.GA23803@ioremap.net> <20090113085244.GA13796@ioremap.net> <20090113115408.GA22289@ioremap.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 534 Lines: 12 > Who should adjust the scores for newly created processes? Who should > check that processes in the first group have negative oom ajustment and > in the second group a positive value? Who determines when its time to > ajust the scores? This is policy. Where does policy go ? User space -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/