From: Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] proc.5: A process can increase its own /proc/PID/oom_adj setting
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:35:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230416233552.283776-3-guillem@hadrons.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230416233552.283776-1-guillem@hadrons.org>
See kernel commit 8fb4fc68ca391862b061b3d358a288ccf6abed39.
Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
---
man5/proc.5 | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 1947957ad..4bb7dd262 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1633,7 +1633,11 @@ a new process inherits its parent's
setting.
A process must be privileged
.RB ( CAP_SYS_RESOURCE )
-to update this file.
+to update this file,
+.\" commit 8fb4fc68ca391862b061b3d358a288ccf6abed39
+although a process can always increase its own
+.I oom_adj
+setting (since 2.6.20).
.IP
Since Linux 2.6.36, use of this file is deprecated in favor of
.IR /proc/ pid /oom_score_adj .
--
2.40.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-16 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-16 23:35 [PATCH 0/4] proc.5: Fixes and updates Guillem Jover
2023-04-16 23:35 ` [PATCH 1/4] proc.5: Document exact /proc/PID/exe behavior on unlinked pathnames Guillem Jover
2023-04-17 18:18 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-04-16 23:35 ` Guillem Jover [this message]
2023-04-17 18:20 ` [PATCH 2/4] proc.5: A process can increase its own /proc/PID/oom_adj setting Alejandro Colomar
2023-04-16 23:35 ` [PATCH 3/4] proc.5: Document that /proc/<pid>/oom_adj is no longer present Guillem Jover
2023-04-17 18:28 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-04-16 23:35 ` [PATCH 4/4] proc.5: tfix Guillem Jover
2023-04-17 18:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
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