linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/5] oom: cleanup android low memory killer

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Date:	Mon, 4 May 2009 16:59:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, San Mehat <san@...roid.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] oom: cleanup android low memory killer

On Mon, 4 May 2009, Greg KH wrote:

> > > > This patch in the series is really more of a convenience than anything 
> > > > else since it doesn't change anything functionally.  I had to modify the 
> > > > lowmemorykiller later because there's a potential for a NULL pointer from 
> > > > dereferencing p->mm without holding task_lock(p) and also because I moved 
> > > > oomkilladj from struct task_struct to struct mm_struct.
> > > 
> > > Is this still the case on top of Arve's changes?
> > > 
> > 
> > Yeah, the first of two patches Arve just sent is broken:
> 
> Ok, care to work with Arve to come up with a series that both of you
> agree will work properly?
> 

I'll rebase my patchset on Linus' -git plus Arve's latest two patches 
which seem to apply nicely and send them to both you and Andrew.
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