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| author | Mark Brown <broonie@linaro.org> | 2014-03-14 12:32:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@linaro.org> | 2014-03-14 12:32:15 +0000 |
| commit | f58d5ed0c4c47aa8dbcc4f7a58e4c52752ce6511 (patch) | |
| tree | fb4b04d21b4d8654b0e7a615f2b3bc445b48d08c /Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |
| parent | 8bb495e3f02401ee6f76d1b1d77f3ac9f079e376 (diff) | |
| parent | eb192460ccd50e73475b6092a8953ef7945921c8 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linux-linaro-lsk-v3.10/be/32/core-20140413' of git://git.linaro.org/people/victor.kamensky/linux-linaro-tracking-be into lsk-v3.10-bev3.10/topic/old-arm64-bev3.10/topic/be
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index fd8d0d594fc7..954eab8c7fec 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1372,8 +1372,8 @@ 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 |