Index: sandbox/linux/suid/process_util.h |
diff --git a/sandbox/linux/suid/process_util.h b/sandbox/linux/suid/process_util.h |
index 6bab897048aa81d64144972032a3b43b0ddaf23d..182655587ed6cc8be1e52cd7265ec85b4bd3e7f5 100644 |
--- a/sandbox/linux/suid/process_util.h |
+++ b/sandbox/linux/suid/process_util.h |
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ |
#include "base/base_export.h" |
-static const char kAdjustOOMScoreSwitch[] = "--adjust-oom-score"; |
- |
-// This adjusts /proc/process/oom_adj so the Linux OOM killer will prefer |
-// certain process types over others. The range for the adjustment is |
-// [-17,15], with [0,15] being user accessible. |
+// This adjusts /proc/process/oom_score_adj so the Linux OOM killer |
+// will prefer certain process types over others. The range for the |
+// adjustment is [-1000, 1000], with [0, 1000] being user accessible. |
+// |
+// If the Linux system isn't new enough to use oom_score_adj, then we |
+// try to set the older oom_adj value instead, scaling the score to |
+// the required range of [0, 15]. This may result in some aliasing of |
+// values, of course. |
BASE_EXPORT bool AdjustOOMScore(pid_t process, int score); |
#endif // SANDBOX_LINUX_SUID_PROCESS_UTIL_H_ |