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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.21-rc4] Fix oom killer braindamage
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 00:14:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030528221414.GC667@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.55L.0305271631020.9487@freak.distro.conectiva>

Hi!

> > > > Not suitable for -rc. Btw, -rc5 is already at bkbits.net.
> > BTW: This breaks _nothing_. It _fixes_ an annoying bug! ;)
> 
> You're not completly sure it doesnt break nothing. MM/VM can be reallly
> subtle and nasty at times.

OOM killer is nor subtle nor nasty. And not normally used. That patch
really should be safe.
								Pavel
-- 
When do you have a heart between your knees?
[Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]

  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-28 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-27 19:05 [PATCH 2.4.21-rc4] Fix oom killer braindamage Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-05-27 19:12 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-05-27 19:18   ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-05-27 19:28     ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-05-27 19:31       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-05-28 22:14         ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2003-05-27 19:31     ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-05-27 19:34       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-05-27 19:46         ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2003-05-27 19:34       ` Jens Axboe
2003-05-27 19:20 ` William Lee Irwin III

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