Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265510AbUFXPXQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:23:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265644AbUFXPXQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:23:16 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:24458 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265510AbUFXPXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:23:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:23:01 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [oom]: [0/4] fix OOM deadlock running OAST Message-ID: <20040624152301.GC21066@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Marcelo Tosatti , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <0406231407.HbLbJbXaHbKbWa5aJb1a4aKb0a3aKb1a0a2aMbMbYa3aLbMb3aJbWaJbXaMbLb1a342@holomorphy.com> <20040623151659.70333c6d.akpm@osdl.org> <20040623223146.GG1552@holomorphy.com> <20040623153758.40e3a865.akpm@osdl.org> <20040623230730.GJ1552@holomorphy.com> <20040623163819.013c8585.akpm@osdl.org> <20040624000308.GK1552@holomorphy.com> <20040623171818.39b73d52.akpm@osdl.org> <20040624002651.GL1552@holomorphy.com> <20040624141637.GA20702@logos.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040624141637.GA20702@logos.cnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 15 On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:16:37AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Removing the check on v2.4 based kernels will trigger the OOM killer > too soon for a lot of cases, I'm pretty sure. Other 2.4 oom_kill.c issues aside, since this is a relatively blatant deadlock. What form would you like a fix to take, if you care to have a fix for this at all? -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/