linux-kernel - Re: upcoming kerneloops.org item: get_page_from

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906241312090.3154@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:13:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	penberg@...helsinki.fi, arjan@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	npiggin@...e.de
Subject: Re: upcoming kerneloops.org item: get_page_from_freelist



On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> If the caller gets oom-killed, the allocation attempt fails.  Callers need
> to handle that.

I actually disagree. I think we should just admit that we can always free 
up enough space to get a few pages, in order to then oom-kill things.

This is not a new concept. oom has never been "immediately kill".

			Linus
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