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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2012-2013 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Authored by: Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@canonical.com>
+ */
+#ifndef CORE_POSIX_LINUX_PROC_PROCESS_OOM_ADJ_H_
+#define CORE_POSIX_LINUX_PROC_PROCESS_OOM_ADJ_H_
+
+#include <core/posix/visibility.h>
+
+namespace core
+{
+namespace posix
+{
+class Process;
+namespace linux
+{
+namespace proc
+{
+namespace process
+{
+/**
+ * This file can be used to adjust the score used to select which process
+ * should be killed in an out-of-memory (OOM) situation. The kernel uses this
+ * value for a bit-shift operation of the process's oom_score value: valid
+ * values are in the range -16 to +15, plus the special value -17, which disables
+ * OOM-killing altogether for this process. A positive score increases the
+ * likelihood of this process being killed by the OOM-killer; a negative score
+ * decreases the likelihood.
+ *
+ * The default value for this file is 0; a new process inherits its parent's
+ * oom_adj setting. A process must be privileged (CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) to update
+ * this file.
+ *
+ * Since Linux 2.6.36, use of this file is deprecated in favor of
+ * /proc/[pid]/oom_score_adj.
+ */
+struct CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC OomAdj
+{
+ /**
+ * @brief Returns the value that makes a process "invisible" to the oom killer.
+ * @return Returns the value that makes a process "invisible" to the oom killer.
+ */
+ static int disable_value();
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Returns the minimum valid value.
+ * @return The minimum valid value that the OomAdj can be set to.
+ */
+ static int min_value();
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Returns the maximum valid value.
+ * @return The maximum valid value that the OomAdj can be set to.
+ */
+ static int max_value();
+
+ /**
+ * @brief is_valid checks whether the contained value is within the predefined bounds.
+ * @return true iff min_value() <= value <= max_value().
+ */
+ inline bool is_valid() const
+ {
+ return (disable_value() <= value) && (value <= max_value());
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Current value.
+ */
+ int value;
+};
+
+/**
+ * \brief Read the OomAdj value for a process instance.
+ * \throws std::runtime_error in case of errors.
+ * \param [in] process The process to read the score for.
+ * \param [out] adj The destination to store the value in.
+ */
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC const posix::Process& operator>>(const posix::Process& process, OomAdj& adj);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Write the OomAdj value for a process instance.
+ * \throw std::runtime_error in case of errors and std::logic_error if score_adj.is_valid() returns false.
+ * \param [in] process The process to write the score for.
+ * \param [in] adj The new value to store.
+ */
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC const posix::Process& operator<<(const posix::Process& process,
+ const OomAdj& adj);
+}
+}
+}
+}
+}
+#endif // CORE_POSIX_LINUX_PROC_PROCESS_OOM_ADJ_H_