• thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Yeah lol I’m familiar with “kill child” in a process management context, but I’ve never seen the word “sacrifice” come up. Is that a thing?

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        2 months ago

        /*

        • If any of p’s children has a different mm and is eligible for kill,
        • the one with the highest oom_badness() score is sacrificed for its
        • parent. This attempts to lose the minimal amount of work done while
        • still freeing memory. */