@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoIn some cultures, that is considered an honor Samantha!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1943arrow-down110
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minus-square@thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilink36•2 months agoYeah lol I’m familiar with “kill child” in a process management context, but I’ve never seen the word “sacrifice” come up. Is that a thing?
minus-square@thallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink24•2 months ago/* If any of p’s children has a different mm and is eligible for kill, the one with the highest oom_badness() score is sacrificed for its parent. This attempts to lose the minimal amount of work done while still freeing memory. */
minus-square@thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilink8•2 months agoNice. Imagine the lady in the post’s face when she learns that “oom badness” is how they decide which child to sacrifice. What’s that from?
minus-squaregenuinepartslinkfedilink10•edit-22 months agoFrom the source file oom_kill.c in the linux kernel. But it seems this has been reworded or changed since 2019. That’s the commit that removed this.
Yeah lol I’m familiar with “kill child” in a process management context, but I’ve never seen the word “sacrifice” come up. Is that a thing?
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Nice. Imagine the lady in the post’s face when she learns that “oom badness” is how they decide which child to sacrifice.
What’s that from?
From the source file oom_kill.c in the linux kernel. But it seems this has been reworded or changed since 2019. That’s the commit that removed this.