in src/oomd/plugins/BaseKillPlugin.cpp [491:515]
int BaseKillPlugin::tryToKillPids(const std::vector<int>& pids) {
std::ostringstream buf;
int nr_killed = 0;
for (int pid : pids) {
auto comm_path = std::string("/proc/") + std::to_string(pid) + "/comm";
auto comm = Fs::readFileByLine(comm_path);
if (comm && comm->size()) {
buf << " " << pid << "(" << comm.value()[0] << ")";
} else {
buf << " " << pid;
}
if (::kill(static_cast<pid_t>(pid), SIGKILL) == 0) {
nr_killed++;
} else {
buf << "[E" << errno << "]";
}
}
if (buf.tellp()) {
OLOG << "Killed " << nr_killed << ":" << buf.str();
}
return nr_killed;
}