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.TH "OOM_KILL" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
oom_kill \- kill the ``best'' process when we run out of memory
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
void oom_kill  ( \fIvoid\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIvoid\fB\fR
no arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either
killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse)
OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.