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39 2.9 Appletalk 39 2.9 Appletalk
40 2.10 IPX 40 2.10 IPX
41 2.11 /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem 41 2.11 /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem
42 2.12 /proc/<pid>/oom_adj - Adjust the oom-killer score
43 2.13 /proc/<pid>/oom_score - Display current oom-killer score
42 44
43------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45------------------------------------------------------------------------------
44Preface 46Preface
@@ -1124,11 +1126,15 @@ debugging information is displayed on console.
1124NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for example. 1126NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for example.
1125If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch. 1127If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
1126 1128
1127[NOTE] 1129nmi_watchdog
1128 This function and oprofile share a NMI callback. Therefore this function 1130------------
1129 cannot be enabled when oprofile is activated. 1131
1130 And NMI watchdog will be disabled when the value in this file is set to 1132Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero
1131 non-zero. 1133the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to
1134determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
1135
1136Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
1137watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
1132 1138
1133 1139
11342.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem 11402.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem
@@ -1958,6 +1964,22 @@ a queue must be less or equal then msg_max.
1958maximum message size value (it is every message queue's attribute set during 1964maximum message size value (it is every message queue's attribute set during
1959its creation). 1965its creation).
1960 1966
19672.12 /proc/<pid>/oom_adj - Adjust the oom-killer score
1968------------------------------------------------------
1969
1970This file can be used to adjust the score used to select which processes
1971should be killed in an out-of-memory situation. Giving it a high score will
1972increase the likelihood of this process being killed by the oom-killer. Valid
1973values are in the range -16 to +15, plus the special value -17, which disables
1974oom-killing altogether for this process.
1975
19762.13 /proc/<pid>/oom_score - Display current oom-killer score
1977-------------------------------------------------------------
1978
1979------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980This file can be used to check the current score used by the oom-killer is for
1981any given <pid>. Use it together with /proc/<pid>/oom_adj to tune which
1982process should be killed in an out-of-memory situation.
1961 1983
1962------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1963Summary 1985Summary