• thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
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    3 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?

    • thallamabond@lemmy.world
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      3 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. */