linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix premature OOM killer

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 20:37:21 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     mhocko@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     hannes@...xchg.org, guro@...com, vdavydov.dev@...il.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix premature OOM killer

Michal Hocko wrote:
> Hi,
> this is a follow up for [1]. The first patch is what Tetsuo suggested
> [2], I've just added a changelog for it. This one should be merged
> as soon as possible. The second patch is still an RFC. I _believe_
> that it is the right thing to do but I haven't checked all the PF paths
> which return VM_FAULT_OOM to be sure that there is nobody who would return
> this error when not doing a real allocation.
> 
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495034780-9520-1-git-send-email-guro@fb.com
> [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/201705182257.HJJ52185.OQStFLFMHVOJOF@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
> 
> 

Patch 1 is insufficient and patch 2 is wrong. Please wait. I'm writing patch 1 now.