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Linux exclude a process from being killed by oom killer
# www.fduran.com
# exclude a process from being killed by oom killer
echo -17 > /proc/$PID/oom_adj
# The possible values of oom_adj range from -17 to +15. The higher the score, more likely the associated process is to be killed by OOM-killer: https://lwn.net/Articles/317814/
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