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authorMark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>2014-02-14 12:15:57 +0000
committerMark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>2014-02-14 12:15:57 +0000
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Merge branch 'linux-linaro-lsk' into linux-linaro-lsk-androidlinux-linaro-lsk-v3.10-androidlinux-linaro-lsk-android
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@@ -1378,8 +1378,8 @@ may allocate from based on an estimation of its current memory and swap use.
For example, if a task is using all allowed memory, its badness score will be
1000. If it is using half of its allowed memory, its score will be 500.
-There is an additional factor included in the badness score: root
-processes are given 3% extra memory over other tasks.
+There is an additional factor included in the badness score: the current memory
+and swap usage is discounted by 3% for root processes.
The amount of "allowed" memory depends on the context in which the oom killer
was called. If it is due to the memory assigned to the allocating task's cpuset