From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0E0C433EF for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 21:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 8431C6B0074; Wed, 11 May 2022 17:56:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 7C9716B0075; Wed, 11 May 2022 17:56:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 690F66B0078; Wed, 11 May 2022 17:56:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0011.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.11]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562D66B0074 for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 17:56:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin14.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A4F60B2D for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 21:56:53 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 79454822706.14.8775D71 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) by imf31.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBC9200A3 for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 21:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66EBBB82633; Wed, 11 May 2022 21:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0078DC340EE; Wed, 11 May 2022 21:56:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1652306209; bh=kqUEltR8EfFcnVZnB5G3XK4LKAszfFkkPhLBrSO6fJQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=WFxU5RkioUjugDVCyRcINEMq8I9Lkd9Xtvf8iCdrazJRyFFmr46s7WRTiuxgk3ohe a/ruZM4hWAtJqclYV5YAE+5lXAeAXZYq+JhrZBqoLdV6Qvv+mStC467fLQat9pRlIg MDLQP3rsxVzAgDMxlBY4RIJPxXuzOnDd91dLjMLo= Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 14:56:48 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Eddie James Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Add config option for default panic_on_oom value Message-Id: <20220511145648.3c421ff592df32766319ea2d@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20220511183400.47940-1-eajames@linux.ibm.com> References: <20220511183400.47940-1-eajames@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspam10 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 5CBC9200A3 Authentication-Results: imf31.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=linux-foundation.org header.s=korg header.b=WFxU5Rki; spf=pass (imf31.hostedemail.com: domain of akpm@linux-foundation.org designates 145.40.68.75 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=akpm@linux-foundation.org; dmarc=none X-Rspam-User: X-Stat-Signature: g5ssy3q43qh4iqxno4cromaimtsktoe1 X-HE-Tag: 1652306190-296419 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Wed, 11 May 2022 13:34:00 -0500 Eddie James wrote: > Add the option to kconfig and set the default panic_on_value. Why? What are the use-cases and how does this benefit our users?