Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751932AbcK2QIC (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:08:02 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com ([74.125.82.68]:33429 "EHLO mail-wm0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750922AbcK2QHx (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:07:53 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:07:51 +0100 From: Michal Hocko To: Marc MERLIN Cc: Vlastimil Babka , Linus Torvalds , linux-mm , LKML , Joonsoo Kim , Tejun Heo , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free Message-ID: <20161129160751.GC9796@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20161121154336.GD19750@merlins.org> <0d4939f3-869d-6fb8-0914-5f74172f8519@suse.cz> <20161121215639.GF13371@merlins.org> <20161122160629.uzt2u6m75ash4ved@merlins.org> <48061a22-0203-de54-5a44-89773bff1e63@suse.cz> <20161123063410.GB2864@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20161128072315.GC14788@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20161129155537.f6qgnfmnoljwnx6j@merlins.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161129155537.f6qgnfmnoljwnx6j@merlins.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 552 Lines: 15 On Tue 29-11-16 07:55:37, Marc MERLIN wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 08:23:15AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > Marc, could you try this patch please? I think it should be pretty clear > > it should help you but running it through your use case would be more > > than welcome before I ask Greg to take this to the 4.8 stable tree. > > I ran it overnight and copied 1.4TB with it before it failed because > there wasn't enough disk space on the other side, so I think it fixes > the problem too. Can I add your Tested-by? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs