From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F2738D0039 for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:27:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:18:52 +0100 From: Oleg Nesterov Subject: [PATCH v2 0/1] select_bad_process: improve the PF_EXITING check Message-ID: <20110310171852.GA2687@redhat.com> References: <20110303100030.B936.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> <20110308134233.GA26884@redhat.com> <20110309110606.GA16719@redhat.com> <20110310120519.GA18415@redhat.com> <20110310154032.GA29044@redhat.com> <20110310163652.GA345@redhat.com> <20110310164000.GC345@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110310164000.GC345@redhat.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: David Rientjes , KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Andrew Morton , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , Hugh Dickins , linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrey Vagin On 03/10, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > On 03/10, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > > On 03/10, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > > > > It is not tested. I do not pretend I really understand oom-killer in > > > all details (although oom_kill.c itself is quite trivial). > > > > > > The patch assumes that > > > > > > oom-prevent-unnecessary-oom-kills-or-kernel-panics.patch > > > oom-skip-zombies-when-iterating-tasklist.patch > > > > > > are dropped. > > > > > > I think, this patch __might__ address the problems described in the > > > changelog, but of course I am not sure. > > > > > > I am relying on your and Kosaki's review, if you disagree with this > > > change I won't argue. > > > > And another uncompiled/untested/needs_review patch which might help. > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > I meant, compile-tested only ;) > > > Nobody ever argued, the current PF_EXITING check is not very good. > > I do not know how much it is useful, but we can at least improve it. Argh. Sorry for noise, I am sending v2. Changes: - fix the typo in mm_is_exiting(), s/p/t/ - update the changelog Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org