Re: [take2] OOM documentation update [was: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!]

[Bryan Donlan]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> + * resulted score is multiplied by the two in the power of oom_adj when it is
> +       positive, and divided otherwise, i.e.
> +       points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and
> +       points >>= oom_adj otherwise

Two to the power of a negative number is equivalent to dividing by two
to the power of said exponent's absolute value, making this paragraph
more than a bit confusing - indeed, a literal read would make it
equivalent to multiplying by 2^abs(oom_adj).

I would think that the following would be enough:
* The resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj.

Unless we assume admins don't know how exponentiation by a negative
number works :)
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