linux-kernel - Re: Misleading OOM messages

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Message-ID: <20090522224511.310d5f96@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 22 May 2009 22:45:11 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Peter Ziljstra <a.p.ziljstra@...llo.nl>,
	San Mehat <san@...roid.com>, Arve Hj?nnev?g <arve@...roid.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Misleading OOM messages

On Fri, 22 May 2009 15:44:37 -0400 (EDT)
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 May 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> > But I think that normal users won't know what reclaiming memory is anyway,
> > so the patch doesn't help IMO.
> 
> If they dont know then they may ask someone who knows and/or report a bug.

So 200,000 people report it to their distribution mailing lists....

Yeah right - not very clever change really
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