Regarding OOM_KILL (oom_kill.c)

["A.R KARTHIC" <a_r_karthic@hotmail.com>]

Hi Rik, (Hope you dont mind being called by your first name- I am your 
biggest fan)
  In my 2.4 source, linux/mm/oom_kill.c-> function-> oom_kill
doesnt do a check for init_process (p->pid == 1)
   You just do
  { if(p->pid) {  }  }
  in select_bad_process routine.
  May be I thought ( if(p->pid && p->pid != 1) {  } } would have been 
better.
  And force_sig on init is meaningless as init is never/shouldn't be 
signalled.( do_signal in signal.c doesnt signal init, and why should it ever 
signal it.)
  And my LKM shows that my init_process is taking around 304 pages of 
total_vm,(p->mm->total_vm) which is one of the factors for __bad__ process 
selection.

  Your biggest fan, and a Kernel Newbie ( 
http://kernelnewbies.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Karthick ).

Hope I didn't suck. I think I have a point. (Squeeze me, If I didnt. Grin 
!!, but patch it, if I am right, and be courteous to remind me. Grin !!.)

Bye,
With Love,
A.R.Karthick




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