Re: [PATCH 1/4] cpusets oom_kill tweaks

Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-09-01T09:39:47Z

On 9/1/05, Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> wrote:
> This patch applies a few comment and code cleanups to mm/oom_kill.c
> prior to applying a few small patches to improve cpuset management of
> memory placement.
>
> The comment changed in oom_kill.c was seriously misleading. The code
> layout change in select_bad_process() makes room for adding another
> condition on which a process can be spared the oom killer (see the
> subsequent cpuset_nodes_overlap patch for this addition).
>
> Also a couple typos and spellos that bugged me, while I was here.
>
> This patch should have no material affect.

Why bother to have just added a variable, `releasing'?
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Coywolf Qi Hunt