PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I believe, that the export of PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE should not point to the
> file that the postmaster uses, but should be for example:
> export PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE=/proc/self/oom_score_adj_child
> As if the example is blindly followed, then postmaster version of the file
> would be updated and become a candidate to be killed.
I don't think so. In the first place, you misunderstand what
this variable does: it is only consulted by postmaster child
processes not the postmaster itself. In the second place,
"/proc/self/oom_score_adj_child" isn't universal (it does not
exist on any of the Red-Hat-based distros I checked).
If it were universal and had the semantics that I guess it means from
the name, we could perhaps implement this feature differently and more
simply. But it's not, and I don't see a lot of value in supporting
two different implementations.
regards, tom lane
