@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (

 	lntypes "github.com/docker/libnetwork/types"

 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"

 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/label"

+	rsystem "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/system"

 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user"

 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"

 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"

@@ -1168,7 +1169,18 @@ func setupOOMScoreAdj(score int) error {

 	if err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

-	_, err = f.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(score))

+

+	stringScore := strconv.Itoa(score)

+	_, err = f.WriteString(stringScore)

+	if os.IsPermission(err) {

+		// Setting oom_score_adj does not work in an

+		// unprivileged container. Ignore the error, but log

+		// it if we appear not to be in that situation.

+		if !rsystem.RunningInUserNS() {

+			logrus.Debugf("Permission denied writing %q to /proc/self/oom_score_adj", stringScore)

+		}

+		return nil

+	}

 	f.Close()

 	return err

 }

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"

 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"

 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"

+	rsystem "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/system"

 	"golang.org/x/net/context"

 	"google.golang.org/grpc"

 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"

@@ -429,12 +430,23 @@ func (r *remote) runContainerdDaemon() error {

 }

 func setOOMScore(pid, score int) error {

-	f, err := os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/oom_score_adj", pid), os.O_WRONLY, 0)

+	oomScoreAdjPath := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/oom_score_adj", pid)

+	f, err := os.OpenFile(oomScoreAdjPath, os.O_WRONLY, 0)

 	if err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

-	_, err = f.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(score))

+	stringScore := strconv.Itoa(score)

+	_, err = f.WriteString(stringScore)

 	f.Close()

+	if os.IsPermission(err) {

+		// Setting oom_score_adj does not work in an

+		// unprivileged container. Ignore the error, but log

+		// it if we appear not to be in that situation.

+		if !rsystem.RunningInUserNS() {

+			logrus.Debugf("Permission denied writing %q to %s", stringScore, oomScoreAdjPath)

+		}

+		return nil

+	}

 	return err

 }