linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH] prevent from killing OOM disabled task in do_page

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Message-Id: <1156419794.3007.99.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:43:14 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Abu M. Muttalib" <abum@...ek.com>
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <mita@...aclelinux.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] prevent from killing OOM disabled task in
	do_page_fault()

Ar Iau, 2006-08-24 am 15:43 +0530, ysgrifennodd Abu M. Muttalib:
> Hi,
> 
> > The process protected from oom-killer may be killed when do_page_fault()
> > runs out of memory. This patch skips those processes as well as init task.
> 
> Do we have any patch set to disable OOM all together for linux kernel
> 2.6.13?

No, its run tme configurable as is selection priority of the processes
which you want killed, has been for some time.

Alan

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