From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail172.messagelabs.com (mail172.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.3]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BDC900001 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:49:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so1961732wwi.2 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:49:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:49:25 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: readahead and oom From: Dave Young Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: linux-mm , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Wu Fengguang Hi, When memory pressure is high, readahead could cause oom killing. IMHO we should stop readaheading under such circumstances=E3=80=82If it's t= rue how to fix it? --=20 Regards dave -- 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