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Subject: Re: syslogd(8) with OOM Killer protection
From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 07:08:06 -0700
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On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 02:11 -0500, Allan Jude wrote:
> 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.
> 

Maybe the setting could be named *_oomprotect to make it clear what
kind of protection is being configured?

-- Ian