<term><varname>DefaultOOMPolicy=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configure the default policy for reacting to processes being killed by the Linux
- Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer. This may be used to pick a global default for the per-unit
+ Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer or <command>systemd-oomd</command>. This may be used to pick a global default for the per-unit
<varname>OOMPolicy=</varname> setting. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Note that this default is not used for services that have <varname>Delegate=</varname>
normally at 0.</para>
<para>Use the <varname>OOMPolicy=</varname> setting of service units to configure how the service
- manager shall react to the kernel OOM killer terminating a process of the service. See
+ manager shall react to the kernel OOM killer or <command>systemd-oomd</command> terminating a process of the service. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
shall be considered preferred or less preferred candidates for process termination by the Linux OOM
killer logic. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
- details.</para></listitem>
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para>This setting also applies to <command>systemd-oomd</command>, similar to kernel OOM kills
+ this setting determines the state of the service after <command>systemd-oomd</command> kills a cgroup associated
+ with the service.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>