linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/11] oom: remove child->mm check from oom_kill

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:32:44 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] oom: remove child->mm check from oom_kill_process()


Current "child->mm == p->mm" mean prevent to select vfork() task.
But we don't have any reason to don't consider vfork().

Remvoed.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/oom_kill.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 136708b..b5678bf 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -479,9 +479,6 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 		list_for_each_entry(child, &t->children, sibling) {
 			unsigned long child_points;
 
-			if (child->mm == p->mm)
-				continue;
-
 			/* badness() returns 0 if the thread is unkillable */
 			child_points = badness(child, mem, nodemask,
 					       uptime.tv_sec);
-- 
1.6.5.2



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