New argument --kill-wait controls maximum time earlyoom waits for a killed process to exit#366
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New argument --kill-wait controls maximum time earlyoom waits for a killed process to exit#366iandennismiller wants to merge 2 commits intorfjakob:masterfrom
--kill-wait controls maximum time earlyoom waits for a killed process to exit#366iandennismiller wants to merge 2 commits intorfjakob:masterfrom
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This PR replaces #363, which had been prematurely merged. The current PR stays in a separate branch to maintain separation from work in master. |
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--- FAIL: TestCli/--kill-wait_100000 (0.00s)
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This pull request introduces a new configurable option, --kill-wait SECONDS, to control the maximum time earlyoom waits for a killed process to exit. The implementation includes updates to the CLI, input validation, documentation, and associated tests. This change allows users to adjust the wait timeout (default 10 seconds) to better handle processes that take longer to terminate.
New feature: Configurable process wait timeout
Documentation and testing
Internal constants and options