I did further debugging and noticed: 3.6.0:
# ls -l /proc/1/oom* -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-12 11:31 /proc/1/oom_score -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-12 11:31 /proc/1/oom_score_adj 3.7.0-rc4: # ls -l /proc/1/oom* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-12 11:41 /proc/1/oom_adj -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-12 11:41 /proc/1/oom_score -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-11-12 11:41 /proc/1/oom_score_adj it looks to me upstream kernel removed oom_adj from commit below: commit 01dc52ebdf472f77cca623ca693ca24cfc0f1bbe Author: Davidlohr Bueso <d...@gnu.org> Date: Mon Oct 8 16:29:30 2012 -0700 oom: remove deprecated oom_adj The deprecated /proc/<pid>/oom_adj is scheduled for removal this month. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077248 Title: ubuntu 10.04 with kernel 3.7.0-rc4 stops ssh from starting up To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1077248/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs