linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm, oom: introduce oom reaper

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jan 2016 16:00:26 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Argangeli <andrea@...nel.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm, oom: introduce oom reaper

On Wed 06-01-16 09:26:12, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm, oom: introduce oom reaper] On 06/01/2016 (Wed 10:10) Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> > On Mon 21-12-15 15:38:21, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > [...]
> > > ...use one of the non-modular initcalls here?   I'm trying to clean up most of
> > > the non-modular uses of modular macros etc. since:
> > > 
> > >  (1) it is easy to accidentally code up an unused module_exit function
> > >  (2) it can be misleading when reading the source, thinking it can be
> > >       modular when the Makefile and/or Kconfig prohibit it
> > >  (3) it requires the include of the module.h header file which in turn
> > >      includes nearly everything else, thus increasing CPP overhead.
> > > 
> > > I figured no point in sending a follow on patch since this came in via
> > > the akpm tree into next and that gets rebased/updated regularly.
> > 
> > Sorry for the late reply. I was mostly offline throughout the last 2
> > weeks last year. Is the following what you would like to see? If yes I
> > will fold it into the original patch.
> 
> Yes, that looks fine.  Do note that susbsys_initcall is earlier than the
> module_init that you were using previously though.

Yes, I have noticed that but quite honestly module_init choice was just
"look around and use what others are doing". So there was no particular
reason to stick with that order.

Thanks for double checking after me!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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