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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet@singh.im>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: PGSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: /proc/self/oom_adj is deprecated in newer Linux kernels
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:51:16 -0400
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I don't find that this argument holds any water at all.  Anyone who's
>> developing their own start script can be expected to manage recompiling
>> Postgres.

> Huh?  Lots of people install PostgreSQL via, say, RPMs, but may still
> want to change their startup script locally.

So?  The RPM packager could probably be expected to have compiled with the
oom-adjust-reset option enabled.  If not, why aren't these people lobbying
the packager to meet their expectation?

I remain of the opinion that allowing nonprivileged people to decide
whether that code is active or not is unsafe from a system level.

			regards, tom lane


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