Wrapper of a process without OOM watching

no-oom.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Works bad with termination of children processes when started via sudo. Please, run as super-user.
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
    echo "Usage: no-oom <a line to start new process>" 1>&2
    exit 1
fi
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
   exit 1
fi

# Start a child process
$@ &
PID=$!
# To successful stop all children on the parent exit
trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM
# Disable OOM watcher for the child process (-17 is correct for Ubuntu 14)
echo -17 > /proc/$PID/oom_adj
# Wait the child process to finish
wait $PID