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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2016 02:11:13 -0500
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslogd(8) with OOM Killer protection
Message-ID:  <56A86D91.3040709@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAOfEmZgzL2Ldu53CeSsKcUe00H1VAukhEopSUmpUK0=XAhsD1A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAOfEmZgzL2Ldu53CeSsKcUe00H1VAukhEopSUmpUK0=XAhsD1A@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2016-01-27 01:21, Marcelo Araujo wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I would like to know your opinion about this REVIEW[1].
> The basic idea is protect by default the syslogd(8) against been killed by
> OOM with an option to disable the protection.
> 
> Some people like the idea, other people would prefer something more global
> where we can protect any daemon by the discretion of our choice.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4973
> 
> 
> Best,
> 

I do like the idea of generalizing it, say via rc.subr

So you can just do:

someapp_protect=YES (and maybe syslogd has this enabled by default in
/etc/defaults/rc.conf) and it prefixes the start command with protect -i.

-- 
Allan Jude


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