commit 0edbd2e0164a8c6cbad415e38083469041f29996
Author: David Phillips <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jun 19 23:42:15 2015 +1200
Commit: Markus Teich <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Mon Jul 6 11:15:07 2015 +0200
Slightly safer OOM killer disablement in linux
diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index d6053af..b3bee92 100644
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -60,16 +60,27 @@ die(const char *errstr, ...)
#ifdef __linux__
#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
static void
dontkillme(void)
{
int fd;
+ int length;
+ char value[64];
fd = open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", O_WRONLY);
if (fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
return;
- if (fd < 0 || write(fd, "-1000\n", 6) != 6 || close(fd) != 0)
+
+ /* convert OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN to string for writing */
+ length = snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%d\n", OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN);
+
+ /* bail on truncation */
+ if (length >= sizeof(value))
+ die("buffer too small\n");
+
+ if (fd < 0 || write(fd, value, length) != length || close(fd) != 0)
die("cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this
process\n");
}
#endif
