Re: [PATCH v3] oom-kill: add lowmem usage aware oom kill handling

[Alan Cox]

> panic_on_oom=1 works enough well.For Vedran's, overcommit memory will work
> well. But oom-killer kills very bad process if not tweaked.
> So, I think some improvement should be done.

That is why we have the per process oom_adj values - because for nearly
fifteen years someone comes along and says "actually in my environment
the right choice is ..."

Ultimately it is policy. The kernel simply can't read minds.
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