From 6582ef1c3ddb53d8384b5d0c5ed1ec8a6343336f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Avramov Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:29:57 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a242fd7..eb46847 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ # Nohang -`Nohang` is a highly configurable daemon for Linux which is able to correctly prevent out of memory (OOM) conditions and save disk cache. +`Nohang` is a highly configurable daemon for Linux which is able to correctly prevent [out of memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_memory) (OOM) conditions and save [disk cache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_cache). ## What is the problem? -OOM killer doesn't prevent OOM conditions. And OOM conditions may cause loss disk cache, [freezes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(computing)), [livelocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock#Livelock) and killing multiple processes. +OOM killer doesn't prevent OOM conditions. And OOM conditions may cause [freezes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(computing)), [livelocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock#Livelock), loss disk cache and killing multiple processes. Here are the words of some users: