2010-06-17 01:51:46

by KOSAKI Motohiro

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Subject: Re: + oom-check-pf_kthread-instead-of-mm-to-skip-kthreads.patch added to -mm tree

>
> The patch titled
> oom: check PF_KTHREAD instead of !mm to skip kthreads
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> oom-check-pf_kthread-instead-of-mm-to-skip-kthreads.patch
>
> Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
> a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
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>
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
>
> See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> out what to do about this
>
> The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: oom: check PF_KTHREAD instead of !mm to skip kthreads
> From: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
>
> select_bad_process() thinks a kernel thread can't have ->mm != NULL, this
> is not true due to use_mm().
>
> Change the code to check PF_KTHREAD.
>
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]>
> Cc: Balbir Singh <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]>