Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	"Håkon Alstadheim" <hakon@×××××××××××××××.no>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Any utility to forcibly freeze or swap out a specific pid?
Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:47:38
Message-Id:	`0b00c579-4a1d-a44b-bc53-52e379e29980@alstadheim.priv.no`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Any utility to forcibly freeze or swap out a specific pid? by "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov"

1	Den 02. juli 2018 11:34, skrev Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov:
2	>> kill -s SIGSTOP <list of PIDs>
3	>> kill -s SIGCONT <list of PIDs>
4	> Although, such a "freezing" doesn't free any RAM :-/
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8	It will allow the process to be swapped out without provoking thrashing.
9	Should work, plugins might give you some grief though.