linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for 3.2.34] memcg: do not trigger OOM from add_to_page_cache

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:23:01 +0100
From:	"azurIt" <azurit@...ox.sk>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	cgroups mailinglist <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 3.2.34] memcg: do not trigger OOM from add_to_page_cache_locked

>[Ohh, I am really an idiot. I screwed the first patch]
>-       bool oom = true;
>+       bool oom = !(gfp_mask | GFP_MEMCG_NO_OOM);
>
>Which obviously doesn't work. It should read !(gfp_mask &GFP_MEMCG_NO_OOM).
>  No idea how I could have missed that. I am really sorry about that.


:D no problem :) so, now it should really work as expected and completely fix my original problem? is it safe to apply it on 3.2.35? Thank you very much!

azur
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