> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
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> 
> > > > > I think in cases of heuristics like this where we obviously want to give 
> > > > > some bonus to CAP_SYS_ADMIN that there is consistency with other bonuses 
> > > > > given elsewhere in the kernel.
> > > > 
> > > > Keep comparision apple to apple. vm_enough_memory() account _virtual_ memory.
> > > > oom-killer try to free _physical_ memory. It's unrelated.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > It's not unrelated, the LSM function gives an arbitrary 3% bonus to 
> > > CAP_SYS_ADMIN.  
> > 
> > Unrelated. LSM _is_ security module. and It only account virtual memory.
> > 
> 
> I needed a small bias for CAP_SYS_ADMIN tasks so I chose 3% since it's the 
> same proportion used elsewhere in the kernel and works nicely since the 
> badness score is now a proportion.  

Why? Is this important than X?

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> If you'd like to propose a different 
> percentage or suggest removing the bias for root tasks altogether, feel 
> free to propose a patch.  Thanks!

I only need to revert bad change.


Thanks.



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