linux-kernel - Re: System freezes after OOM

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:21:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
cc:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Ondrej Kozina <okozina@...hat.com>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Stanislav Kozina <skozina@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: System freezes after OOM

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, David Rientjes wrote:

> There is no guarantee that _anything_ can return memory to the mempool,

You misunderstand mempools if you make such claims.

There is in fact guarantee that objects will be returned to mempool. In 
the past I reviewed device mapper thoroughly to make sure that it can make 
forward progress even if there is no available memory.

I don't know what should I tell you if you keep on repeating the same 
false claim over and over again. Should I explain mempool oprerations to 
you in detail? Or will you find it on your own?

Mikulas