syslogd(8) with OOM Killer protection

[Allan Jude]

On 2016-01-27 11:36, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, 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.
> 
> Possibly simpler to provide a list in one setting than an individual
> setting for each daemon.  With ideas from other posters:
> 
>   oomprotect_daemons="crond syslogd"
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The only reason I went for daemon_protect="YES" was for ease of
implementation. It would just be another command prefix like: _nice,
_fib, or _env

-- 
Allan Jude

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