From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: consul.kautuk@gmail.com (kautuk.c @samsung.com) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:18:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/1 v4] arm: fault.c: Port OOM changes into do_page_fault In-Reply-To: <1321181347-4391-1-git-send-email-consul.kautuk@gmail.com> References: <1321181347-4391-1-git-send-email-consul.kautuk@gmail.com> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi, > > These changes reduce the mmap_sem hold time, which is crucial > during OOM killer invocation. > > Port these changes to ARM. Did anyone get a chance to look at version 4 of this patch ? I have incorporated changes as suggested by Russell during version 3 review. Can I improve this patch in any way ? > > Without these changes, my ARM board encounters many hang and livelock > scenarios. > After applying this patch, OOM feature performance improves according to > my testing. >